KALLUTHU METTUPATTI (Cave at)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Rock art (painting in white kaolin) in sort of a cave (SUBRAMANIAM 2008.01.15) at Kalluthu Mettupatti shows a lone man trying to control a bull. In the face of this painting, one Mr. Gandhirajan, a post-graduate in art history from Madurai Kamaraj University, interpreted it to depict a case of jallikattu (bull baiting or bull fight) (note 1) and decided to want it about 1,500 years old. Compare the disputable -Cave- on –>Sitharmalai near Mettupatti (Mettuppatti). SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere in the vicinity of one Kalluthu Mettupatti village (note 2), which SUBRAMANIAM, T S (2008.01.15) places not only about 35 km west of Madurai (N09°56': E078°07') but also between Madurai and Dindigul (N10°21': E077°57') and thus north or north-west of Madurai.Rock art (painting in white kaolin) in sort of a cave (SUBRAMANIAM 2008.01.15) at Kalluthu Mettupatti shows a lone man trying to control a bull. In the face of this painting, one Mr. Gandhirajan, a post-graduate in art history from Madurai Kamaraj University, interpreted it to depict a case of jallikattu (bull baiting or bull fight) (note 1) and decided to want it about 1,500 years old. Compare the disputable -Cave- on –>Sitharmalai near Mettupatti (Mettuppatti). SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere in the vicinity of one Kalluthu Mettupatti village (note 2), which SUBRAMANIAM, T S (2008.01.15) places not only about 35 km west of Madurai (N09°56': E078°07') but also between Madurai and Dindigul (N10°21': E077°57') and thus north or north-west of Madurai.