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Thirumayam – The Land of Truth
Posted on April 11, 2011 | 8 CommentsIntroduction – History of Thirumayam is probably traceable from early seventh century when the town was immortalized with the construction of a Vishnu cave temple. After a short period, a... -
Thirukokarnam – Gokarnesvara Temple
Posted on March 13, 2011 | 6 CommentsIntroduction – Gokarnesvara Temple at Thirukonarnam is an exemplary portrayal of continuous tradition and culture of Pudukkottai from ancient time. Originally constructed as a cave temple during seventh century this... -
Kunnandarkoil – The Temple of The Lord
Posted on February 26, 2011 | 5 CommentsIntroduction – Kunnandarkoil in Tamil means Temple of the Lord. The temple has many inscriptions which greatly help in tracing back its history. There are about thirty-seven inscriptions found in... -
Maliyadipatti – The Hill of the Holy
Posted on January 8, 2011 | 10 CommentsIntroduction – Maliyadipatti is a small village settlement located in Pudukkottai district of Tamilnadu. There are two cave temples which are carved out from a single rock running east to... -
Singaperumal – Hara aspect of Perumal
Posted on November 18, 2010 | 4 CommentsIntroduction – Singaperumal is a well known town located near Chenglepattu en-route to Chennai on NH45. This town is quite famous for its Singaperumal koil (temple), which is originally a... -
Mamandur – Cave Temple Worshop
Posted on November 11, 2010 | No CommentsIntroduction – Mamandur and Narasapalaiyam, twin villages, are famous for their four rock-cut cave temples. From the inscriptions, found in these rock-cut shrines, we find that these two villages are... -
Vallam – Vasanteshvaram Cave Temple
Posted on November 6, 2010 | 12 CommentsIntroduction – Vallam is small settlement near Chengalpattu where three rock-cut shrines are excavated in a hillock, running north to south.Cave Temples at Vallam – On the eastern face of... -
Kilmavilangai – I Stand Here For Eternity
Posted on November 4, 2010 | 6 CommentsIntroduction – Another small village for our quest of cave temples. Kilmavilangai is a village near Tindivanam in Viluppuram district of Tamilnadu. This cave temple is located on outskirts of... -
Melacheri – Sri-Sikhari-Pallaveshvaram Cave Temple
Posted on November 4, 2010 | 4 CommentsIntroduction – Melacheri is a small village located near Gingee. There is a small cave excavation, which is always locked it seems. When I visited it was locked as well,... -
Seeyamangalam – Avanibhajana-Pallaveshvaram Cave Temple
Posted on November 3, 2010 | 3 CommentsIntroduction – Seeyamangalam is Tamil form of siya (Sanskrit simha) of Simhamangalanam, perhaps named after Narasimhavarman I Mamalla, as suggested by K R Srinivasan. However R Nagaswamy suggests that its...
