Early medieval · Jain · India

Sittanavasal Cave

சித்தன்னவாசல் குகை

Sittanavasal, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu · 10.4544°, 78.7247°

Jain Arihants (Tirthankaras)PandyaPandyan rock-cut

Sacred since

200 BCE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

7th c. Pandya renovation; ascetic use from c. 2nd c. BCE

Pandya

History & significance

A rock-cut Jain monastery and cave temple in Pudukkottai district, used by Shramana ascetics from about the 2nd century BCE. An inscription credits its renovation to a Pandya king of the 7th century, and the Archaeological Survey of India now maintains it as a ticketed monument.

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