KALLUTHU METTUPATTI (Cave at)

(Vadipatti - IN)
10.100000,78.050000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

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.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Subramanian, T S 2008.01.15.

Histoire

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.0SITHARMALAI (Cave in)
12.4ANAIPATTI, Madurai (Cave on)
14.9PUSHPAVANESVARA ROCK-CUT SHRINE
16.5PANNIAN MALAI CAVE
16.5KANAVAI KATHA BOOTHAM CAVE 1
16.5KANAVAI KATHA BOOTHAM CAVE 2
16.7SAMANAR CAVE, Nagamalai, 2nd
16.7MAHAVIRA CAVE, Samana Malai
19.5SAMANAR CAVE, Nagamalai 1