{"id":351102,"date":"2025-12-02T17:36:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=351102"},"modified":"2025-12-02T17:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T12:06:38","slug":"sittannavasal-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sittannavasal-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Sittannavasal Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>News: <\/strong>The historical and archaeological significance of Sittanavasal, known for its Jain heritage, Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions, ascetic stone beds, and rare early mural paintings dating to the 7th\u20139th century CE.<\/p>\n<h2>About Sittannavasal Site<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_351126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351126\" style=\"width: 341px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-351126\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-TH.jpg?resize=341%2C207&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sittannavasal\" width=\"341\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-TH.jpg?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-TH.jpg?resize=1024%2C621&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-TH.jpg?resize=768%2C466&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-TH.jpg?w=1418&amp;ssl=1 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-351126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; TH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Sittannavasal is located in <strong>Pudukkottai district<\/strong>, Tamil Nadu.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Historical importance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">There are presence of <strong>megalithic monuments<\/strong> (stone circles, cists, urn burials) proves pre-historic settlement.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">It is a major <strong>Jain centre from 1st century BC to 10th century AD<\/strong> (nearly 1000 years).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Jain rock-cut cave<\/strong> was excavated between <strong>7th\u20139th centuries AD<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major monuments at Sittannavasal:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Arivar-Koil (Jain Rock-Cut Cave Temple):\u00a0<\/strong> It also shows <strong>continuous<\/strong> Jain presence for 1000 years.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">It contains<strong> 9th-century AD fresco paintings <\/strong>with\u00a0Jain<strong> themes such as &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Lotus pond, Bhavyas (souls striving for moksha) and floral, animal and decorative motifs, made using long-lasting <strong data-start=\"391\" data-end=\"412\">vegetable colours.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Architecture:<\/strong> The <strong>hall (mandapam)<\/strong> with carved pillars and a small sanctum with main deity <strong data-start=\"501\" data-end=\"517\">Parshvanatha,<\/strong>\u00a0shown in meditation with a <strong>five-hooded serpent<\/strong> above him.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Ezhadippattam:<\/strong> It is a <strong>natural cavern on the eastern side<\/strong> containing seventeen <strong>polished rock beds<\/strong> (\u2018<strong>samanar padukkai<\/strong>\u2019), used by Jain monks for severe penance.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Tamil-Brahmi inscription: <\/strong>It includes Tamil-Brahmi inscription (dated by <strong>Iravatham Mahadevan<\/strong> to <strong>1st century BC<\/strong>) and many other <strong>Tamil inscriptions up to 10th century AD. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Megalithic Burial Sites: <\/strong>It consists of <strong>urn burials, stone circles, cists<\/strong>. It indicates the settlement of <strong>Iron Age communities<\/strong> before Jain occupation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Navach-chunai: <\/strong>It is a <strong>small rock-cut shrine submerged in a natural tarn (pond)<\/strong> located on the northeastern slope.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The historical and archaeological significance of Sittanavasal, known for its Jain heritage, Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions, ascetic stone beds, and rare early mural paintings dating to the 7th\u20139th century CE. About Sittannavasal Site Sittannavasal is located in Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu. 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