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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Vettuvan Koil
Kalugumalai, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu · 9.1530°, 77.7044°
ShivaPandyaMonolithic rock-cut
Sacred since
700 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
8th c. (early Pandya)
Pandya
History & significance
An unfinished monolithic shrine cut downward into the top of a hillock under the early Pandya ruler Netunjadaiyan, the only known Pandya-era temple carved in three dimensions in situ; it is a protected monument of the Tamil Nadu archaeology department.