Kuppalnatham Poigai malai Jain cave is located on the Poigai malai hill on

Kuppalnatham Kuppalnatham (குப்பல்நத்தம்) is a village in Sedapatti Panchayat Union in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of ...

village, K paramanpatti,

Peraiyur taluk Peraiyur taluk is a taluk of Madurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Peraiyur. It's included villages like Sedapatti, chinnakatlai, kuppalnatham Kuppalnatham (குப்பல்நத் ...

Madurai district Madurai District is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency The city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the famous Sri Meenakshi ...

in the state of

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. The temple is located on the traditional trade route. Kuppalnatham Jain temple was built during the 9th-10th century A.D. near the river. This temple is one of the important eighteen Jain Sites of Madurai District. Kuppalnatham Poigai malai Jain temple

A mutilated cursive inscription is found under the Tirthankar figures. Five of the

Tirthankara In Jainism, a ''Tirthankara'' (; ) is a saviour and supreme preacher of the ''Dharma (Jainism), dharma'' (righteous path). The word ''tirthankara'' signifies the founder of a ''Tirtha (Jainism), tirtha'', a fordable passage across ''Saṃsā ...

s here have performed five Thirumenis. The inscription mentions that one of them was a female servant are founded on Jain cave, which is well protected by the local village people. On the day chithra pournami the

Sri Vengdajalpathi Perumal Temple Kuppalnatham Sri Vengdajalpathi Perumal Temple is located in Kuppalnatham Village, Peraiyur taluk, Madurai District, Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is 400 years old and was built in the period of Madurai Nayak dynasty, Madurai Nayak Dynasty. It houses the shr ...

kallalgar Chithirai thiruvilla festival was celebrated near the river of Jain temple like madurai and it also called Chithirai thiruvilla. The Many villages like

kuppalnatham Kuppalnatham (குப்பல்நத்தம்) is a village in Sedapatti Panchayat Union in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of ...

, chinnakkatlai,

Sedapatti Sedapatti is a neighbourhood in Madurai district in the Indian State of Tamil Nadu. Location The coordinates of Sedapatti are: 9°49'19"N77°47'53"E. It is a village near Usilampatti which is a part of Madurai District in Tamil Nadu. Sedapat ...

, senampatti etc villages they gathered and celebrate the festival. Kuppalnatham sammnar kovil

Kuppalnatham jain cave temple was 100 feet from ground and the temple was on west side of Poigai malai hill near gounda nathi river.

Heritage Movement on kuppalnatham jain cave temple

The DHAN Foundation organized a Heritage Walk in 2018 in collaboration with INTACH Madurai Chapter, Madurai Travel club with the support of Host Communities and Vayalagam Federations of Gundar Upper Region. More than 100 people participated. Dr. V. Vedachalam Archaeologist gave technical support. A brochure on

Jain Monuments was released to the host communities and local youths.

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Photographs of the temple carvings
Jain caves in India Jain temples in Tamil Nadu