Sittanavasal |
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Located
at a distance of 58-km from Trichy is Sittanavasal, a site of an ancient
Jain monastery with fine fresco paintings in a rock cave. Many of them
are typical of the 9th century Pandyan period and include exquisitely
detailed pictures of animals, fish, ducks, people gathering lotuses from
a pond and two dancing figures. There are also inscriptions dating back
to the 9th and 10th centuries. Fresco paintings from the 7th century can
be seen on the ceiling of the Ardhamandapam. |
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| There are many pre-historic burial sites around Sittanavasal and among the relics unearthed are burial urns, cists and Kurangupatarai. |