Students stumble upon Mahavira sculpture in Pudukottai
The Hindu
A group of history students of Bharathidasan University have discovered a sculpture of Jain Tirthankara Mahavira at Eraiyur in Pudukottai district recently, according to the Archaeological Research Fo
A group of history students of Bharathidasan University have discovered a sculpture of Jain Tirthankara Mahavira at Eraiyur in Pudukottai district recently, according to the Archaeological Research Forum, Pudukottai.
The four students, S. Mariammal, S. Rengaraj, R. Priyanka and S. Logeswaran, all second year students of the five-year integrated course in M.A. History at Bharathidasan University, stumbled upon the sculpture, a stone lingam and broken pieces of a nandi.
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