VISHNU, Narthamalai (Cave of)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

SI no. 148 Rock-cut Vishnu Shrine at the locality Narthamalai (note 1) is a man-made rock chamber used for religious purposes (cave temple), which is suspected to have been modified from one of numerous low caves and rock-shelters … formed apparently by the weathering out of lenticular masses of more perishable rock (FOOTE 1879: 145).SI no. 148 Rock-cut Vishnu Shrine at the locality Narthamalai (note 1) is a man-made rock chamber used for religious purposes (cave temple), which is suspected to have been modified from one of numerous low caves and rock-shelters … formed apparently by the weathering out of lenticular masses of more perishable rock (FOOTE 1879: 145).