malai kovil,kunnathur,madurai

India / Tamil Nadu / Tiruppuvanam /
TVT041 - it may be the thEvAra vaippu temple,udhayamalai or udhayagiri.Need confirmation.
shaivam.org/siddhanta/spvtalam.htm

This a very old temple and its history dates back to 2 nd century BC .There are caves like garbha grahas carved by extraordinary men with excellent art. They have carved a shivlingam inside it. Udayagiriswarar and Asthagiriswarar cave temples in kunnathur, . It has two caves one is udayagiri(rising sun) and other is ashtagiri(sunset).The sun rays fall on the shivlingam everyday morning and evening on the udayagiri and ashtagiri respectively.Jain beds with Brahmi inscriptions at top of the cave temple.
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Coordinates:   9°54'12"N   78°15'9"E

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