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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.
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.
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 ...
Pallava cave temples, cut from rock, dating to the time of Mahendravarman or Narisimhavarman (580-688 AD), exist in Melacceri as Maddileshvara temple and at Singavaram as Ranganatha temple. As per the Mandagapattu inscription, the Pallava king, Mahendravarman I established the tradition of the Ranganatha 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.
The rock-cut temple with mandapa, sanctum and inscriptions inside are dated between 8th- and 13th-century. Colonial era and several contemporary reports state that this was a Jain cave by the early centuries of the common era before being converted into a Shiva temple in the 8th-century. There is no Jain or Hindu literature, or inscriptions ...
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.
The temple is built on a small hillock overlooking the Panamalai lake. [2] This 7th Century structure has a Vimana which resembles that of Kailasanatha temple of Kanchipuram . The garbhagriha houses a Dharalingam and as in Pallava temples of that time, there is a Somaskanda panel on rear wall of the sanctum.