Jain Caves & Beds, Karungalakudi
Karungalakkudi is situated about 50 kilometers in north east direction of Madurai in Melur taluk. The place is witness of glorious past of Jainism in Tamil land during Christian era to early medieval period.
This is also one of the ancient places near Madurai with stone beds, Jina Sculpture and cave paintings. There is a hill nearby village is called Panchapandvarkuttu. It possesses a natural cave made from granite contains Brahmi script and stone beds used by Jain monks.
The cave is situated at about 1.5 kilometers south east of village Karungalakkudi. On a side of this natural cave a Jina sculpture is carved on a overhanging big boulder. This sculpture has also some vattezutu script below side which tells us the authorship of this place belongs to Ajjanandi Acharya. This sculpture is believed to be carved in 9 century AD. The vattezutu script is to be hailed from 9-10th century AD
Bus Route : Melur to Karungalakudi (Maduri - Tiruchi Hwy (NH 38) - 17.7 Km
Karungalakudi to Jain Caves & Beds by Auto
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