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North Arcot District
285
No. 355
Village
Valutalankuņam
Taluk
Tiruvaqņāmalai
District
North Arcot
Findspot
Below the image of a Tirthankara carved on a rock.
Dynasty
King
Date
A.D. 13th century characters
Tamil
Language
and Script
Contents
Records that the stone image of the deity Marutupraśugaidēvar in the pali (palli) at Mentāraiyūr was renovated with mortar.
Reference
Information given by Pulavar S. Kuppuswamy, Bahur, Pondicherry.
Remarks
There are a number of rock-cut beds in the caves on the hill. Some of the boulders on the slope of the hill contain relief sculptures of Tirthankaras flanked by attendants.
The image of the deity referred to in the inscription is the same as the Tirthařkara figure carved on the rock. It was renovated with a plaster coating. Mentāraiyūr was the old name of the place.
