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104 JAINA ARCHAEOLOGICAL HERITAGE OF TAMILNADU elaborate scroll work and are placed on pedestal with yalis on either side.
Ancient Jain structural remains have been preserved at Sembattur, Puttambur, Chettipatti, Kannangudi and Mangatevanpatti.
Sembattur on the northern bank of the tank Palliyurrani, in this village, two images one of Mahavira seated in dhyana pose with a triple umbrella and another of a Yakshi have been preserved. The inscription under the image of the Yakshi has the name of its maker, Jayandonda Chola Muvendavalan of Kulamangalanadu identified with an official Rajaraja I. Alongside are seen 5 lion pillars of Pallava style. The seated lions are elegantly carved with gaping mouths and carry a shaft on their heads.
Puttambur Brick remains of a Jaina temple and a Tirthankara image seated in dhyana pose with triple umbrella with elaborate scroll work have been preserved here. The temple is locally called Ottaikovil. The exposed structure are plinths of the central shrine and two smaller shrines behind it. The plinths have stepped approaches. There are clear traces of the existence of another shrine parallel to the central shrine and of two sub-shrines in front. Fragments of the super structures have been unearthed and they belong to the early Chola period. Some of the Jaina images of this site now housed in the Kodumbalur sculpture-shed include Mahavira, Parsvanatha, Yalis and attendant devas. Another Jain Tirthankara image seated in sidhasana under a triple umbrella with attendants on either side is also one of the protected sculptures.
Kannangudi Traces of a ruined Jaina temple, with a prakara of laterite stones, an image of Mahavira in dhyana pose seated under a triple
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