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Chitharal, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu · 8.3325°, 77.2384°
A hilltop rock-cut Digambara Jain temple in Kanyakumari district with Tirthankara reliefs on its outer face, standing beside a Hindu Bhagavati shrine. The Archaeological Survey of India dates the ascetics' rock beds here between the first century BCE and the sixth century CE, while the temple work belongs to the ninth century and an inscription records the twenty-eighth regnal year of Vikramaditya Varaguna; the site is read as evidence of overlap rather than conflict between the two traditions.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Pandya
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