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hill. There are stone beds in the caves which were used by Jain monks for rest. An inscription in the cave mentions that these stone beds were sculptured by a person from
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60:. It is located 43 kilometres (27 mi) from
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350:"Alphabetical List of Monuments - Tamil Nadu"
324:"Namma Madurai: History hidden inside a cave"
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1192:Thirupparamkunram Murugan Temple
521:"No quarrying at Panchapandavar"
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136:. The hillock is one of the
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194:Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited
33:Kizhavalavu Jain Sculptures
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186:public interest litigation
42:Kilavalavu and Keelavalavu
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216:. populationofindia.co.in
1261:9th-century Jain temples
466:"Storehouse of treasure"
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76:which contains ancient
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1152:Meenakshi Amman Temple
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1034:Periya Ilanthai Kulam
1029:Pallichandai Silaiman
427:. Hoe & Co. 1968.
134:ancient Tamil country
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295:"Monuments in peril"
116:Panchapandavar Malai
102:2011 census of India
70:Panchapandavar Malai
1246:Caves of Tamil Nadu
1241:Hills of Tamil Nadu
159:. It also contains
92:Panchapandavar beds
1167:Kazimar Big Mosque
1162:Goripalayam Mosque
1157:Edaganathar temple
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138:national monuments
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790:Thirupparankunram
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110:illegal quarrying
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878:T.Kallupatti
868:Samayanallur
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919:Chatrapatti
888:Usilampatti
873:Sholavandan
809:Cities and
795:Usilampatti
755:Kottampatti
717:Usilampatti
151:, the last
130:Tiruppattur
98:Melur taluk
84:Description
46:Kizhavalavu
1230:Categories
1084:Sengapadai
1059:Samanatham
1014:Muthupatti
674:Tamil Nadu
200:References
170:Kundrakudi
165:Vatteluttu
54:Tamil Nadu
18:Kilavalavu
1143:Places of
1114:Uthapuram
1104:Thenkarai
1069:Sedapatti
949:Karaikeni
893:Vadipatti
853:Othakadai
848:Nagamalai
833:Kalligudi
823:Arumbanur
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775:Sedapatti
750:Kallikudi
722:Vadipatti
607:The Hindu
581:The Hindu
555:The Hindu
499:One India
470:The Hindu
401:The Hindu
380:The Hindu
328:The Hindu
180:Quarrying
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1134:Vellalur
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1024:Nilaiyur
994:Mangulam
969:Keezhadi
944:Kappalur
907:Villages
863:Peraiyur
858:Palamedu
828:Elumalai
731:Revenue
707:Peraiyur
587:12 March
157:Bahubali
149:Mahavira
128:–
122:Pandavas
66:hillocks
1145:worship
959:Karseri
669:Madurai
613:9 March
561:9 March
535:9 March
505:9 March
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407:7 March
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334:7 March
301:7 March
276:2 April
250:2 April
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106:granite
68:called
62:Madurai
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1064:Saptur
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685:Taluks
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843:Melur
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