Discovery of 800-Year-Old Shiva temple of Later Pandya Period

Recently, an 800-year-old Shiva temple of the later Pandya period has been unearthed at Udampatti, a village in Melur taluk, Madurai district, Tamil Nadu.

What does the inscription reveal?

  • The inscriptions reveal that the village was named Attur, and the temple was called Thennavanisvaram, with “Thennavan” being a title used by the Pandyas.
  • They document a sale deed of a waterbody called Nagankudi, along with wet and dry land, sold for 64 kasu (coins) by Alagaperumal, a chieftain of Kalavalinadu, to Nambi Perambala Kuthan alias Kangeyan.
  • The inscriptions also specify the four boundaries of the land and waterbody, noting that ....
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