SHIVA, Tirumayam (Cave of)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A man-made rock-cut Siva temple (note 1) at Tirumayam is counted as SI no. 172. Sort of nearby is the man-made -cave- of –>Vishnu, Tirumayam. SITUATION: At the Satyagirisvara Temple (Satyagirisvara Koil / Kovil, Satyagirisvarakovil, Satyagirisvarakoil) in the locality Tirumayam (also: Tirmium, near N10°14': E78°45' nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) on AMS sheet NC44-05 Tiruchirappally (U502 series, 1959 edition) and in the India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006: 119 H1) at a travelling distance of 21 km along the road from Pudukkottai (N10°23': E078°49') approximately south-west.A man-made rock-cut Siva temple (note 1) at Tirumayam is counted as SI no. 172. Sort of nearby is the man-made -cave- of –>Vishnu, Tirumayam. SITUATION: At the Satyagirisvara Temple (Satyagirisvara Koil / Kovil, Satyagirisvarakovil, Satyagirisvarakoil) in the locality Tirumayam (also: Tirmium, near N10°14': E78°45' nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) on AMS sheet NC44-05 Tiruchirappally (U502 series, 1959 edition) and in the India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006: 119 H1) at a travelling distance of 21 km along the road from Pudukkottai (N10°23': E078°49') approximately south-west.