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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.
English: Mandagapattu is a small agriculture-based village few kilometers east of a modern highway in Tamil Nadu. It preserves an important 7th-century Hindu temple, significant to the history of architecture and writing scripts of South India.
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.
[4] [5] Pallava sculptors later graduated to free-standing structural shrines which inspired Chola dynasty's temples of a later age. Some of the best examples of Pallava art and architecture are the Vaikuntha Perumal Temple at Kanchipuram, the Shore Temple and the Pancha Rathas of Mahabalipuram. Akshara was the greatest sculptor of their time ...
Mandagapattu Tirumurti Temple is a Hindu temple situated in the village of Mandagapattu in the Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. This is a rock-cut temple of the Pallava ruler Mahendravarman I (600-630 CE) dedicated to Brahma-Shiva-Vishnu. It is the oldest stone shrine discovered and dated in Tamil Nadu. The temple has the earliest ...
The ascetic attempts to kill the nayak, but the nayak kills the ascetic instead and his dead body becomes gold, using which the temple of Ranganatha inside the Gingee fort was built, and the Singavaram temple was built (refurbished). [5] The Shashti Poorthi celebration in this temple is associated with a legend of Desingh Raja. This temple was ...
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 ...
Even today, their temples and sculptures stand testimony to the cultural achievements of the Pallavas. Presence of Pallavas can be seen in Mahandravadi. An ancient cave temple of the 7th century [3] (monolithic rock cut temple) [4] is under the control of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). Maintenance is handled by ASI.