Pandya period rock-cut cave temple at Paraikulam

The Tamil Nadu government has declared the early Pandya-era rock-cut cave temple at Paraikulam as a protected monument. It is located in Tiruchuzhi taluk in Virudhunagar district. The government would fence the area and the declaration would also prevent mining of rocks in a 300-metre radius of the monument. The temple at Paraikulam was an Ekathala Kudavarai temple (a single cave temple). The Pandya-era cave temples belong to the 8th Century. It is one of the 10 early Pandya Kudavarai temples (cave temples). The other temples are in Pathinalamperi in Thirunelveli district, Mahipalanpatti in Sivaganga, Kurathiyarai in Kanyakumari and Sivagiri, Pudupatti, Sewilpatti, Moovaraivendran, Thiruthangal and Anaiyur in Virudhunagar.

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