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No. Il Achrya Samantabhadra and Patliputra
41 At a distance of few furlongs there is a big temple named "VIRATESWARAM". It has a very lofty Gopuram in the rampart walls, inside there is a little tank and further there is rain Temple of Sri Virateswaram. In the compound premises there is one JAIN IMAGE in Padamasan posture without any Lanchanam and inscrip tion on the pedestal, nearly as large as th: JAIN IMAGE of the "GUNADHAR VICCHARAM" temple and of the same type but not mutilated or damaged or obliterated, but in good condition isom all points of view. This is the same temple where a famous saint Appar was converted from his original religion to Saiva Secr.1? In fact this Appar who was Jain by birth became Jain Muni and was named as “DHARMASENACHARYA", but he was very badly displeased with, due to the difference of opinion amonget the jain Sangha, to whom he was leading as a head of it, while he was on the way to visit Jain Thirthakhetra-holy place nared, THIRUNA. RUNKUNRAM or THIRUNARUNGONDAI" on the lanks of the river Gadilam, only 40 miles from Pataliputra from where he had started. He returned back from the middle of his wris, to this Sri Virateswaram Temple and got converted himself and accepted the new sect Saivism. Afterwards le converted the said Virateswarium temple, which was originally Sri Mahavir temple. This lain Alabavir temple was in the Western part of the city of Parloutta the then known and famous “THIRUPADRIPULIYUR -liruppalivur, which is now a days 25 miles away from the present town of Cuddalore on the main spot of ancient city of Patalipatra; in the above mentioned small ancient suber!-villagTHIRUVADIKAL or THIRUVADI, on the river Gadilam, the same which Hows at present too near Cuddalore and it must be noted that all above refered ancient suberbs are on the banks of the river G. \DILAM itseli.
In support of the above investigation of the old sites of ancient city of PATALIPUTRA, let us examine some of the ancient Tainil and other works. They throw light on the existence of the city of Pataliputra in Tamilnadu in the days of Acharya Samant-Bhadra. It is well known fact that the city of Kacchipuram was the capital of
12. Tamil "PERIYA PURANAM" and "TEVARAM RHIMES" sung by Tamil Saints,
