Dams were called temples of modern world because it would integrate the irrigation and would develop the villages by quick industrialization and growth of urban economy.
bcoz they are useful in no of ways: 1. They greatly help in storing water which can be utilized for irrigation.2.Besides irrigation, under favourable conditions canals are used also for navigation. These big river projects are often described as the new temples of modern India. 3.Multi-purpose Projects provide facility for afforestation. Afforestation is undertaken on a large scale in the catchment area of the reservoirs.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, independent India's first prime minister, referred to dams as the "Temples of Modern India".
Nehru called dams 'temples of modern India' in the sense that he was affirming a commitment to modernisation and socialism in post-Independence India. Whilst temples might be seen as mystical, traditional and ancient, dams signified rationality, progress and modernity.
ancient temples: ancient, old, cracked, fallen, rough modern temples: brand,, new, fixed, smooth
Multipurpose river valley projects are a major contributor to India's developing economy and they are often considered to be the propellants of India's industrial growth. However, they have often come under sharp criticism their negative effects on the environment. The greatest disadvantage of multipurpose projects is the harm they cause to the environment. Obstructing the natural flow of rivers for the purpose of building dams creates inhospitable conditions for the marine life, which results in the death of many aquatic animals and plants. Also, big reservoirs submerge the adjoining fertile flood plains causing great loss of agricultural land. Many river valley projects such as the Sardar Sarovar have submerged the nearby forests, thus contributing to the depletion of India's forest resources. Another major disadvantage of multipurpose projects is the large scale displacement of people. The local communities have to leave their villages, their livelihood and their ties to make way for these projects. Their rehabilitation is a major issue that is being raised by several social activists such as Medha Patkar. The people who give up their land for the good of the nation are the one's suffering the most as after their displacement. In most cases, they are not provided proper food and shelter. All this and more has disillusioned the common people about the advantages of multipurpose projects. For the masses who suffer the aftermath of these multipurpose projects, these projects are more a pain than a gain.
Multipurpose river valley projects are a major contributor to India's developing economy and they are often considered to be the propellants of India's industrial growth. However, they have often come under sharp criticism their negative effects on the environment. The greatest disadvantage of multipurpose projects is the harm they cause to the environment. Obstructing the natural flow of rivers for the purpose of building dams creates inhospitable conditions for the marine life, which results in the death of many aquatic animals and plants. Also, big reservoirs submerge the adjoining fertile flood plains causing great loss of agricultural land. Many river valley projects such as the Sardar Sarovar have submerged the nearby forests, thus contributing to the depletion of India's forest resources. Another major disadvantage of multipurpose projects is the large scale displacement of people. The local communities have to leave their villages, their livelihood and their ties to make way for these projects. Their rehabilitation is a major issue that is being raised by several social activists such as Medha Patkar. The people who give up their land for the good of the nation are the one's suffering the most as after their displacement. In most cases, they are not provided proper food and shelter. All this and more has disillusioned the common people about the advantages of multipurpose projects. For the masses who suffer the aftermath of these multipurpose projects, these projects are more a pain than a gain.
It was the Forum magnum, as the Romans called it.Roman forum is a modern term.
Tourism
To worship their gods, just as modern Churches, Cathedrals and Temples are built nowadays.
The first kingdoms were established about 3000 BCE in Sumer and Egypt. Sumer was a kingdom that existed between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in modern Iraq. The Sumerians had their own written language and undertook complicated construction projects, such as irrigation canals and large temples called ziggurats.
Temples in ancient Greece were something like churches in modern world. People there made their religious rites.
Depends on the temple (ie, what religion or spiritial tradition is being practiced there). However, most pagan/polytheistic modern temples use the term priest/priestess.