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Chengalpattu District
No. 28
Village
Karupparkungu (near Opambākkam)
Taluk
Madurāntakam
District
Chengalpaţțu
Findspot
To the right of the niche containing Pārávanātha image on a rock.
Dynasty
King
Date
A.D. 8th century characters Tamil and Grantha
Language
and Script
Contents
Records that Vasudeva Siddhānta Bhatāra who was the founder of the 'twenty-four', caused the shrine to be made.
Reference
R. Champakalakshmi, “An unnoticed Jaina cavern near Madurāntakam", Journal of the Madras University, XLI, 1969, p. 112.
Remarks
The 'twenty four' referred to in this inscription may indicate a committee of twentyfour men formed for religious and social purposes.
At Karuppankungu, there are sculptures representing Adinātha and Mahavira carved on the face of the rock, and an image of Pārsvanātha in a shrine-like niche cut on a separate boulder. Ibid., pp. 111-114.
