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Mandagapattu Tirumurti Temple is a Hindu temple situated in the village of Mandagapattu in the Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. Hewn from rock by the Pallava ruler Mahendravarman I in honour of the trinity Brahma-Shiva-Vishnu, the rock-cut cave temple is the oldest stone shrine discovered and dated in Tamil Nadu.
It preserves an important 7th-century Hindu temple, significant to the history of architecture and writing scripts of South India. Dedicated to Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, it includes a Sanskrit inscription in Grantha script which states that it is first rock cut cave temple made without "wood, brick, metal or mortar".
The best examples of Mahendra group of monuments are the cave temples at Mandagapattu, Pallavaram and Mamandur. The second group of rock cut monuments belongs to the Mamalla group from 630 to 668 AD. During this period free-standing monolithic shrines called ratha s (chariots) were constructed alongside pillared halls.
Dalavanur Sathrumalleswaram Pallava rockcut temple is situated between Gingee and Mandagapattu in Tamil Nadu. Attributed to the 7th-century Pallava king Mahendravarman I , the temple, cut out of the rock, is thought to have been dedicated to Shiva , and is noted for its unusual inscriptions.
The inscription at the rock-cut Mandagapattu Tirumurti Temple hails him as Vichitrachitta and claims that the temple was built without wood, brick, mortar or metal. The five-celled cave temple at Pallavaram was also built during his reign as was the Kokarneswarar Temple, Thirukokarnam of Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu. [7] He made Kudimiya malai ...
Mandagapattu Tirumurti Temple (Mahendra Pallava's) Mangulam; Namakkal – Lord Narasimha's cave temple; Namakkal – Lord Ranganatha's cave temple; Narthamalai; Adukkankal, Nehanurpatti; Kurathimalai, Onampakkam; Panchapandavar Malai; Pechipalai temple [2] Rockfort Ucchi Pillayar Temple; Satyamurthi Perumal temple [3] Samanar Hills
The custodians of an ancient Hindu religious site in Malaysia are planning to install an escalator as an alternative for those visitors either unable or unwilling to climb the 272 steps leading to ...
Pages in category "Hindu cave temples in Tamil Nadu" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... Mandagapattu Temple; N. Narasimhaswamy Temple ...