Thirunadhikkara Cave Temple

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Thirunandikkara Cave Temple, also referred to as Thirunanthikarai rock-cut Shiva temple, is a 9th-century rock-cut Hindu cave temple in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to Shiva, with murals and inscriptions. It is attributed to the Ay king Vikramaditya Varaguna by Archaeological Survey of India, but to Pandya rulers (Nedunjadaiyan) a few decades earlier by Ajit Kumar, an archaeologist.Ajit Kumar (2016), A Review of Thirunanthikarai Rock-cut Shiva Temple with Special Reference to its Paintings, Heritage, University of Kerala, Volume 4, pp. 160–172 It is part of a larger active temple complex named the Thirunanthikarai Shri Nandeeswara temple, Thirunanthikarai and is carved out of the side of a rocky hillock to the north of the temple complex. According to Rao, one of the inscriptions suggests that this may be a late 8th-century cave temple or early 9th.TA Gopinatha Rao (1908), Travancore Archaeological Series, Volume II, Trivandrum: Government of Kerala, pages 200–206 Read more on Wikipedia

type: historic site
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