TN govt to declare early Pandya period rock-cut temple in Kurathiarai as protected monument. Locals worship deity as Avvayar Amman, but it's an image of Lord Vishnu. Temple houses image of four ...

The Tamil Nadu government has declared the early Pandya-era rock-cut cave temple at Paraikulam in Tiruchuzhi taluk in Virudhunagar district a protected monument. K. Manivasan, Principal Secretary ...

“The sculpture was not installed. It was hewn out of a living rock with Pillaiyar having only two arms in a sitting posture with a Siva Linga on his palm.