Azure-coloured Krishna Shile is the oldest rock from South India, says city Professor
Mysore/Mysuru: The idol of Lord Ram (Ram Lalla), carved by Mysuru sculptor Arun Yogiraj and now gracing the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Ram Temple in Ayodhya, has been chiselled out of a three-billion-year-old rock, according to Dr. C. Srikantappa, UGC-Emeritus Professor (retired), Department of Earth Science, University of Mysore.






