MAHAVIRA CAVE, Samana Malai

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified Mahavir Cave among unidentified Jain caves, which obviously are associated with Jain saints and the sacred pond (pool) called Thamarai Kulam (note 1), suggests SAIRAM (2006.09.27) to spoil with a major facelift to attract tourists or renovation work, as part of a project to develop a Jain tourist circuit (note 2). IDENTITY: This Mahavir Cave on Samana Malai (sic! for: Samanar Malai) is possibly identical with (one of?) the –>Jain Caves on Samanar Malai or one of the –>Samanar Cave (Nagamalai). SITUATION: Apparently somewhere on Samanar Malai, the Jain Hills west of Madurai city (N09°55': E078°07'30”). SAIRAM, R (2006.09.27) locates … the Jain caves atop Samana Malai, located at about 10 km west of the city [Madurai] near Keezhakuyilkudi village [note 3] … amid serene surroundings of green fields …An unspecified Mahavir Cave among unidentified Jain caves, which obviously are associated with Jain saints and the sacred pond (pool) called Thamarai Kulam (note 1), suggests SAIRAM (2006.09.27) to spoil with a major facelift to attract tourists or renovation work, as part of a project to develop a Jain tourist circuit (note 2). IDENTITY: This Mahavir Cave on Samana Malai (sic! for: Samanar Malai) is possibly identical with (one of?) the –>Jain Caves on Samanar Malai or one of the –>Samanar Cave (Nagamalai). SITUATION: Apparently somewhere on Samanar Malai, the Jain Hills west of Madurai city (N09°55': E078°07'30”). SAIRAM, R (2006.09.27) locates … the Jain caves atop Samana Malai, located at about 10 km west of the city [Madurai] near Keezhakuyilkudi village [note 3] … amid serene surroundings of green fields …