Birds eye view of The Pallava Period Rock-cut temples in Mamandur
- a village on the Kanchipuram - Vandavasi road, near Dusi, about 15 km from Kanchipuram.
It is known for the 7th-century rock-cut cave temple, housing a Tamil Brahmi inscription, one of the monuments of National Importance as declared by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
Brahmi is the earliest Indian alphabetical script with regional variations, dated between 300 BCE and 300 CE. Inscriptions in the rock-cut temples , attribute the temples to 7th-century CE Pallava king, Mahendravarman I, a ruler who delighted in the titles of Vichitra chitta (“curious-minded”) and Chitrakara puli (“tiger among artists”).
This complex has
1. 4 Rock Cut temples dedicated for different gods,
2. A Samana Kall Padukkai aka "Jain Rock Bed" where jain saints used to sleep.
Pic: Praveen Quak Photography via CelebrateKANCHI
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| Bird view of The Pallava Rock-cut temples in Mamandur |
- a village on the Kanchipuram - Vandavasi road, near Dusi, about 15 km from Kanchipuram.
It is known for the 7th-century rock-cut cave temple, housing a Tamil Brahmi inscription, one of the monuments of National Importance as declared by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
Brahmi is the earliest Indian alphabetical script with regional variations, dated between 300 BCE and 300 CE. Inscriptions in the rock-cut temples , attribute the temples to 7th-century CE Pallava king, Mahendravarman I, a ruler who delighted in the titles of Vichitra chitta (“curious-minded”) and Chitrakara puli (“tiger among artists”).
This complex has
1. 4 Rock Cut temples dedicated for different gods,
2. A Samana Kall Padukkai aka "Jain Rock Bed" where jain saints used to sleep.
Pic: Praveen Quak Photography via CelebrateKANCHI
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