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It includes structural elements dating back 950 years.
They found two inscriptions; the first was located near the Paditula temple.
Known for its historical significance, the Murugan Temple in Tirunelveli is located in the valley of the Tamil Bharani river and is often submerged during floods. Meena is a second-year postgraduate archeology student at Sundaranaar University in Manonmanyam. She and her classmates Sukanya, Bharati and Ramana are conducting archaeological research on the temple.
They found two inscriptions; the first was located near the Paditula temple and partially beneath a pillar in the stepped hall above it. The visible portion of this inscription is incomplete and consists of six lines of contemporary Tamil script, suggesting details of the temple's architectural and structural elements dating back 950 years.
About 500 meters away from the temple, in a dilapidated hall, a second incomplete inscription was found detailing the division and channeling of the river through the dam. Like the first inscription, the inscription is also 950 years old, which Murugan and Madhivanan, assistant professors of archeology, confirmed through the shape of its font.
The central shrine of the temple is carved out of a single rock, which along with the mandapam shows the antiquity of the temple, suggesting that the mandapam is 950 years old, while the sanctum sanctorum may be a thousand years old Years of history. Meena noted that the temple has experienced approximately 1,000 floods over the past thousand years, which illustrates its resilience and historical endurance.
During last month's Kerala floods, the Manapuram Sri Mahadeva temple in Aluva was submerged as the water level of the Periyar river continued to rise. Visual inspection showed that the main temple building and surrounding buildings were submerged under about three meters of water.
Adding to the worry for the citizens of Kerala, the meteorological department has predicted that rainfall will increase until July 19, especially in the northern parts. , Thrissur and Palakkad.
