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Neganur Patti is a 1 sq. kilometre village in
The attractive feature of this village is the presence of hillock called Adukkankal. Since it looks as if large stones are piled up one over the other, it got its name (in
The 4th century C. E.
Another interesting feature of this village is the presence of 1000 B.C. rock paintings in the adukkankal cave. These are white and hence these paints could be made by using lime. Only men is seen in the paintings. There are no animals painted. Some paintings are very weak and could not be able to resolve.
Neganur Patti rock paintings videoauthor's site
Villages in Viluppuram district Jain temples in Tamil Nadu Jain rock-cut architecture
Gingee
Gingee, also known as Senji or Jinji and originally called Singapuri, is a panchayat town in Viluppuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Gingee is located between three hills covering a perimeter of 3 km, and lies west of the ...
taluk in Villuppuram
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Located south west of a Tiruvannamalai and north west of Cuddalore null The town serves as a major and largest railway ...
district in the India
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n state of Tamil Nadu
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. The major occupation of the people living at this place is agriculture. In 2012 it had a population of 3000 people.
Location
Neganur Patti is located northeast of Gingee.Transportation
Town buses depart from Gingee bus stand (bus no: 11-A, 11-B) to Vedal go through Neganur Patti. Otherwise, one can alight at Melkalavai Koot road bus stop (all buses going from Gingee toMelmalayanur
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) and can take shared auto.
About the village
Neganur Patti consists of small hillock called Adukkankal which is a Jain cave with prehistoric paintings,Tamil-Brahmi
Tamil-Brahmi, also known as Tamili or Damili, was a variant of the Brahmi script in southern India. It was used to write inscriptions in Old Tamil.Richard Salomon (1998) ''Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prak ...
stone inscription and traces of the presence of Jain beds.
Adukkankal Jain Beds
The attractive feature of this village is the presence of hillock called Adukkankal. Since it looks as if large stones are piled up one over the other, it got its name (in Tamil
Tamil may refer to:
People, culture and language
* Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia
**Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka
** Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tamil people of Ind ...
"Adukku" means "pile up" and "kal" means "stone"). Just above the bottom of the hillock, Tamil-Brahmi
Tamil-Brahmi, also known as Tamili or Damili, was a variant of the Brahmi script in southern India. It was used to write inscriptions in Old Tamil.Richard Salomon (1998) ''Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prak ...
Jain inscriptions are seen. In the bottom of this hillock, two caves are located on the either side. Both the caves contains the traces of stone beds possibly used by Jain monks. Also a small pond is seen near one of the caves. The floor of the cave were broken for construction works which needs protection.
Tamil Brahmi Jain inscriptions
The 4th century C. E. Tamil-Brahmi
Tamil-Brahmi, also known as Tamili or Damili, was a variant of the Brahmi script in southern India. It was used to write inscriptions in Old Tamil.Richard Salomon (1998) ''Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prak ...
letters on the adukkankal was first discovered by Archaeologist S. Rajavelu in 1992. The content of the script is " Perum pogazh sekkanthi thayiyuru sekkanthanni se vitha palli" (sekkanthanni, mother of sekkanthi of Perumpugozh village has built this abode) (). Archeologists believe that sekkanthanni to be a female Jain saint and the village Perumpogazh might be the present day perumpugai village which is near to Neganur Patti.
Rock paintings
Another interesting feature of this village is the presence of 1000 B.C. rock paintings in the adukkankal cave. These are white and hence these paints could be made by using lime. Only men is seen in the paintings. There are no animals painted. Some paintings are very weak and could not be able to resolve.
See also
*Jainism in Tamil Nadu
Jainism has an extensive history in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, although practiced by a minority of Tamils in contemporary times. According to the 2011 India Census, Jains represent 0.12% of the total population of Tamil Nadu, and are of ...
References
*D. Ramesh, "Nadunaattu Samanakovilkal" Second edition, Tamilventhan Pathippagam, Ulundurpettai (2005). *D. Thulasiraman, "Tamizhaga Tolpazhankalamum Poondi agazhvaippagamum", First edition, State Department of Archaeology, Chennai (2005). *T. S. Sridhar, "Tamil-Brahmi Kalvettukal", First edition, State Department of Archaeology, Chennai (2006).External links
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Villages in Viluppuram district Jain temples in Tamil Nadu Jain rock-cut architecture