Mandagapattu Temple

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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 Hindu Trinity, the cave temple is the considered to be the oldest stone shrine to a Hindu god to be discovered in Tamil Nadu.[1] In one of his inscriptions, Mahendravarman I boasts that he caused a stone temple to be built in honour of the Hindu Trinity without the use of brick, mortar, timber or metal.

Notes

  1. ^ Sastri, p 690

References

  • K.A. Nilakanta Sastri, K.A (2000) [1935]. The CōĻas. Madras: University of Madras. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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