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href="/wiki/Sangam_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangam era">Sangam era</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p><p>The <b>Murugan Temple</b> at <a href="/wiki/Saluvankuppam" title="Saluvankuppam">Saluvankuppam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, is a shrine dedicated to Tamil <a href="/wiki/Hindu_deities" title="Hindu deities">Hindu deity</a> <a href="/wiki/Murugan" class="mw-redirect" title="Murugan">Murugan</a>. Archaeologists believe that the shrine, unearthed in 2005, consists of two layers: a brick temple constructed during the <a href="/wiki/Sangam_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangam period">Sangam period</a> (the 3rd century BCE to the 3rd century CE) and a granite <a href="/wiki/Pallava" class="mw-redirect" title="Pallava">Pallava</a> temple dating from the 8th century CE and constructed on top of the brick shrine making it the oldest temple in India. The <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_Survey_of_India" title="Archaeological Survey of India">Archaeological Survey of India</a> (ASI) team which conducted the excavation believe that brick temple could be the oldest of its kind to be discovered in Tamil Nadu.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050921_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050921-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-toi_20100801_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi_20100801-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The temple was discovered by a team of archaeologists from the ASI based on clues found in a rock inscription left exposed by the 2004 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_tsunami" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Ocean tsunami">Indian Ocean tsunami</a>. Initially, excavations revealed an 8th-century Pallava-era shrine. Further excavations revealed that the 8th-century shrine had been built on the brick foundation of an earlier shrine. The brick shrine has been dated to the Sangam period. </p><p>The temple faces north, unlike most Hindu temples. Artefacts from two phases, the Sangam phase as well as the Pallava phase, have been found. The temple is Tamil Nadu's oldest shrine to Murugan.<sup id="cite_ref-toi_20100801_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi_20100801-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also believed to be one of only two pre-Pallava temples to be discovered in the state, the other being the <a href="/wiki/Veetrirundha_Perumal_Temple,_Veppathur" class="mw-redirect" title="Veetrirundha Perumal Temple, Veppathur">Veetrirundha Perumal Temple at Veppathur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-toi_20100801_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi_20100801-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the night of 3 May 2018, the site was vandalized by unknown persons who uprooted the Stone Vel and broke it into two pieces. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discovery">Discovery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murugan_Temple,_Saluvankuppam&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Discovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the 2004 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Ocean_tsunami" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Ocean tsunami">Indian Ocean tsunami</a> had subsided, archaeologists discovered rock inscriptions which had been exposed by the <a href="/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunami</a> waves<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050727_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050727-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> close to the hamlet of <a href="/wiki/Saluvankuppam" title="Saluvankuppam">Saluvankuppam</a>, near the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>-designated <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Site</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mahabalipuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahabalipuram">Mahabalipuram</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-currentscience_20110410_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-currentscience_20110410-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inscriptions by the <a href="/wiki/Rashtrakuta" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashtrakuta">Rashtrakuta</a> king <a href="/wiki/Krishna_III" title="Krishna III">Krishna III</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Chola_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Chola Dynasty">Chola</a> kings <a href="/wiki/Parantaka_I" title="Parantaka I">Parantaka I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kulothunga_Chola_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulothunga Chola I">Kulothunga Chola I</a> spoke of a Subrahmanya Temple at Thiruvizhchil (the present day Saluvanakuppam).<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050727_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050727-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> S. Rajavelu, epigraphist with the <a href="/wiki/Archaeological_Survey_of_India" title="Archaeological Survey of India">Archaeological Survey of India</a> (ASI), identified a nearby mound as the site of the temple.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050727_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050727-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, archaeologists unearthed an 8th-century <a href="/wiki/Pallava" class="mw-redirect" title="Pallava">Pallava</a> temple under the mound.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050727_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050727-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> G. Thirumoorthy, ASI Assistant Archaeologist, believed that the shrine could be the oldest Murugan temple to be excavated in Tamil Nadu.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050727_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050727-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were speculations on whether the temple could be one of the "<a href="/wiki/Seven_Pagodas_of_Mahabalipuram" title="Seven Pagodas of Mahabalipuram">Seven Pagodas</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050727_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050727-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SaluvanakuppamVel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/SaluvanakuppamVel.jpg/255px-SaluvanakuppamVel.jpg" decoding="async" width="255" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/SaluvanakuppamVel.jpg/383px-SaluvanakuppamVel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/SaluvanakuppamVel.jpg/510px-SaluvanakuppamVel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Stone <i><a href="/wiki/Vel" title="Vel">vel</a></i> on a brick platform at the entrance to the shrine</figcaption></figure> <p>However, further excavations revealed that the 8th-century temple was constructed over the remains of an older brick temple. According to Thirumoorthy, the <i><a href="/wiki/Garbhagriha" title="Garbhagriha">garbhagriha</a></i> or <i>sanctum sanctorum</i> of the brick temple was filled with sand and covered with granite slabs upon which the newer temple was constructed.<sup id="cite_ref-frontline_20051104_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-frontline_20051104-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sathyamurthy, Superintendent, ASI Chennai Circle, said that the brick temple could be dated to the <a href="/wiki/Sangam_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangam period">Sangam period</a> as the shrine faced north unlike modern temples which face either east or west.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20100813_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20100813-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This proved conclusively that the temple was constructed before the 6th or 7th century CE when the <i><a href="/wiki/Shilpa_shastras" class="mw-redirect" title="Shilpa shastras">shilpa shastras</a></i>, the canonical texts of temple architecture, were written.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050921_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050921-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Estimates of the age of the brick shrine range from 1700<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20070317_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20070317-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to 2200 years.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Archaeologists believe that the brick shrine was destroyed either by a cyclone or a tsunami which took place 2,200 years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pallavas built a granite temple on the brick foundation in the 8th century CE, which also was likely to have been destroyed by a tsunami.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Archaeologists believe that the second tsunami must have occurred in the 13th century CE as the latest inscriptions which speak of the shrine have been dated to 1215.<sup id="cite_ref-toi_20100801_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi_20100801-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_background">Historical background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murugan_Temple,_Saluvankuppam&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Historical background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the city of Mahabalipuram was constructed by the Pallava king <a href="/wiki/Narasimhavarman_I" title="Narasimhavarman I">Narasimhavarman I</a> in the 7th century CE, there is evidence that a small port might have functioned at the site even earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-currentscience_20040510_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-currentscience_20040510-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-interactions_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interactions-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Megalith" title="Megalith">Megalithic</a> burial urns dating to the very dawn of the <a href="/wiki/Christian_era" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian era">Christian era</a> have been discovered near Mahabalipuram.<sup id="cite_ref-currentscience_20040510_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-currentscience_20040510-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-interactions_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interactions-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sangam age poem <i><a href="/wiki/Perump%C4%81%E1%B9%87%C4%81%E1%B9%9F%E1%B9%9Fuppa%E1%B9%ADai" title="Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai">Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai</a></i> describes a port called <i>Nirppeyyaru</i> which some scholars identify with the present-day Mahabalipuram.<sup id="cite_ref-currentscience_20040510_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-currentscience_20040510-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-interactions_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interactions-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sadras" title="Sadras">Sadras</a> near Mahabalipuram has been identified as the site of the port of Sopatma mentioned in the <i><a href="/wiki/Periplus_of_the_Erythraean_Sea" title="Periplus of the Erythraean Sea">Periplus of the Erythraean Sea</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-currentscience_20040510_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-currentscience_20040510-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-interactions_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-interactions-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inscriptions">Inscriptions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murugan_Temple,_Saluvankuppam&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Inscriptions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are many rock inscriptions near the temple. The discovery of three granite pillars with inscriptions of grants made to the shrine led to the discovery of the temple itself.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050727_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050727-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While one pillar contains an inscription recording the donation of ten <i>kazhanchus</i> (small balls<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20070317_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20070317-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) of <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a> by one Kirarpiriyan of Mahabalipuram in 858,<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050727_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050727-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> another records the donation of 16 <i>kazhanchus</i> of gold in 813 for the maintenance of a lamp by a <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a> woman named Vasanthanar.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050727_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050727-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third pillar has an inscription by <a href="/wiki/Raja_Raja_Chola_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Raja Raja Chola I">Raja Raja Chola I</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20070317_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20070317-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Apart from these, there are five other pillars with inscriptions by the Pallava kings <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dantivarman_I&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dantivarman I (page does not exist)">Dantivarman I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nandivarman_III" title="Nandivarman III">Nandivarman III</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kambavarman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kambavarman (page does not exist)">Kambavarman</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Rashtrakuta" class="mw-redirect" title="Rashtrakuta">Rashtrakuta</a> king <a href="/wiki/Krishna_III" title="Krishna III">Krishna III</a> and the Chola king <a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Chola_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajendra Chola III">Rajendra Chola III</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20070317_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20070317-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murugan_Temple,_Saluvankuppam&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prakara_Subrahmanya_Temple_Saluvankuppam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Prakara_Subrahmanya_Temple_Saluvankuppam.jpg/200px-Prakara_Subrahmanya_Temple_Saluvankuppam.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Prakara_Subrahmanya_Temple_Saluvankuppam.jpg/300px-Prakara_Subrahmanya_Temple_Saluvankuppam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Prakara_Subrahmanya_Temple_Saluvankuppam.jpg/400px-Prakara_Subrahmanya_Temple_Saluvankuppam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>A portion of the brick <i>prakara</i> or compound wall of the Murugan Temple</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Garbagriha_Saluvankuppam_temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Garbagriha_Saluvankuppam_temple.jpg/200px-Garbagriha_Saluvankuppam_temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Garbagriha_Saluvankuppam_temple.jpg/300px-Garbagriha_Saluvankuppam_temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Garbagriha_Saluvankuppam_temple.jpg/400px-Garbagriha_Saluvankuppam_temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="679" data-file-height="526" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Garbhagriha" title="Garbhagriha">Garbhagriha</a></i> or <i>sanctum sanctorum</i> of the Murugan Temple, Saluvankuppam. While the thin, tabular bricks at the top were laid by the <a href="/wiki/Pallavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pallavas">Pallavas</a>, the larger bricks underneath date from the <a href="/wiki/Sangam_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangam period">Sangam period</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The temple is dedicated to the Tamil Hindu deity <a href="/wiki/Murugan" class="mw-redirect" title="Murugan">Murugan</a> and faces north. The <i>garbhagriha</i> or <i>sanctum sanctorum</i> is 2 metres long and 2.2 metres wide and is made of 27 courses of bricks.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050921_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050921-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bricks used are similar to the ones used in other Sangam age sites such as <a href="/wiki/Puhar,_Nagapattinam" class="mw-redirect" title="Puhar, Nagapattinam">Puhar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urayur" class="mw-redirect" title="Urayur">Urayur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mangudi_(Tirunelveli_District)" title="Mangudi (Tirunelveli District)">Mangudi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arikamedu" title="Arikamedu">Arikamedu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050921_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050921-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A stone <i><a href="/wiki/Vel" title="Vel">vel</a></i> is positioned at the entrance of the shrine.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20100813_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20100813-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the excavations, a terracotta plaque depicting a <i>Kuravai Koothu</i>, a dance which is mentioned in the 1st century CE Tamil epic <i><a href="/wiki/Silappadhikaram" class="mw-redirect" title="Silappadhikaram">Silappadhikaram</a></i>, was discovered.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20100813_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20100813-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sathyamoorthy feels that there may not have been any idol in the square <i>garbhagriha</i> as it is too small to house one. The temple is surrounded by a <i>prakara</i> or a compound wall dating from the Sangam period.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20050921_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20050921-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Thirumoorthy, the shrine is "the biggest brick temple complex dating to the pre-Pallava period".<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20070317_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20070317-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The temple is built on a cushion of <a href="/wiki/Alluvium" title="Alluvium">alluvium</a> on which a layer of man-made bricks were laid.<sup id="cite_ref-currentscience_20110410_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-currentscience_20110410-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On top of this were another four layers of man-made bricks separated by four layers of <a href="/wiki/Laterite" title="Laterite">laterite</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-currentscience_20110410_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-currentscience_20110410-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were two types of bricks used: large-sized laterite bricks of the Sangam period and thin, tabular bricks of a later age.<sup id="cite_ref-currentscience_20110410_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-currentscience_20110410-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bricks were plastered together with lime.<sup id="cite_ref-currentscience_20110410_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-currentscience_20110410-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artefacts_unearthed">Artefacts unearthed</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murugan_Temple,_Saluvankuppam&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Artefacts unearthed"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saluvankuppam_artifacts.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Saluvankuppam_artifacts.jpg/200px-Saluvankuppam_artifacts.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Saluvankuppam_artifacts.jpg/300px-Saluvankuppam_artifacts.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Saluvankuppam_artifacts.jpg/400px-Saluvankuppam_artifacts.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a><figcaption>Potsherds and granite slabs unearthed at the excavation site. Some of the potsherds have been dated to the Sangam period</figcaption></figure> <p>A terracotta <i><a href="/wiki/Nandi_(bull)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nandi (bull)">Nandi</a></i> (the bull of the god <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a>), head of a woman, <a href="/wiki/Terracotta" title="Terracotta">terracotta</a> lamps, potsherds and a <i><a href="/wiki/Shivalinga" class="mw-redirect" title="Shivalinga">shivalinga</a></i> (an iconic symbol of Shiva) made of green stone are some of the important artifacts found at the site.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20070317_8-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20070317-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Nandi</i> is the first one made of terracotta to be found.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20070317_8-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20070317-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While most of the items unearthed belong to the Sangam period, artefacts of a later period including a <a href="/wiki/Chola_Empire" title="Chola Empire">Chola</a> copper coin have also been found.<sup id="cite_ref-thehindu_20070317_8-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehindu_20070317-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Murugan_Temple,_Saluvankuppam&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mundeshwari_Temple" title="Mundeshwari Temple">Mundeshwari Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangala_Devi_Kannagi_Temple" title="Mangala Devi Kannagi Temple">Mangala Devi Kannagi Temple</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arignar_Anna_Zoological_Park" title="Arignar Anna Zoological Park">Arignar Anna Zoological Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashtabujakaram" title="Ashtabujakaram">Ashtabujakaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cholamandal_Artists%27_Village" title="Cholamandal Artists' Village">Cholamandal Artists' Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakshinchitra" class="mw-redirect" title="Dakshinchitra">Dakshinchitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Descent_of_the_Ganges_(Mahabalipuram)" title="Descent of the Ganges (Mahabalipuram)">Descent of the Ganges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekambareswarar_Temple_(Kanchipuram)" title="Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram)">Ekambareswarar Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanchi_Kailasanathar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanchi Kailasanathar Temple">Kanchi Kailasanathar Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyana_Varadharaja_Perumal_Temple" title="Kalyana Varadharaja Perumal Temple">Kalyana Varadharaja Perumal Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamakshi_Amman_Temple" title="Kamakshi Amman Temple">Kanchi Kamakshi Amman Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamakshi_Amman_Temple,_Mangadu" title="Kamakshi Amman Temple, Mangadu">Mangadu Kamakshi Amman Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundrathur_Murugan_Temple" title="Kundrathur Murugan Temple">Kundrathur Murugan Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madras_Atomic_Power_Station" title="Madras Atomic Power Station">Madras Atomic Power Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madras_Crocodile_Bank_Trust" title="Madras Crocodile Bank Trust">Madras Crocodile Bank Trust</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neervalur" title="Neervalur">Neervalur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancha_Rathas" title="Pancha Rathas">Pancha Rathas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi_Memorial" title="Rajiv Gandhi Memorial">Rajiv Gandhi Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shore_Temple" title="Shore Temple">Mamallapuram Shore Temple</a></li> <li><a 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