Discovery of 800-year-old Pandya-Era Shiva Temple
- An 800-year-old Shiva temple from the Pandya era has been discovered in Udampatti village, Melur taluk, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu.
- With the help of the engravings on the foundation stone and Silpa Sastram as reference, the temple was found to have been dedicated to Lord Shiva.
- C. Santhalingam, archaeologist and secretary of the Pandya Nadu Centre for Historical Research, who deciphered the two Tamil inscriptions found on the stone base, says they can be dated to 1217-1218 CE, during the reign of Maravarman Sundara Pandya.
- According to the inscriptions, the village was known as Attur, and the temple was referred to as ....
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