TNPSC Thervupettagam

Paraikulam temple

September 11 , 2023 442 days 1188 0
  • The Tamil Nadu government has declared the early Pandya-era rock-cut cave temple at Paraikulam as a protected monument.
  • It is located in Tiruchuzhi taluk in Virudhunagar district.
  • The government would fence the area and the declaration would also prevent mining of rocks in a 300-metre radius of the monument.
  • The temple at Paraikulam was an Ekathala Kudavarai temple (a single cave temple).
  • The Pandya-era cave temples belong to the 8th Century.

 

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