page_title: Narthamalai
hierarchical_section_title: Narthamalai
caption_attribution_description: English: Thuvara Balagar Sculpture at Narthamalai
context_page_description: Narthamalai, a cluster of small hills, is 25 km from Trichy on the Trichy-Pudukottai highway in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Here can be seen some of the oldest rock cut cave temples, as well as the longest rock-cut edicts, similar to Asokan edicts and extremely rare in the south of India.
  The town houses Vijayalaya Choleeswaram built during the 9th century. The two rock-cut temples are classic examples of how temple architecture styles were fusing in different parts of the country.
context_section_description: Narthamalai(Tamil:நார்த்தாமலை), a cluster of small hills,  is 25 km from Trichy on the Trichy-Pudukottai highway in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Here can be seen some of the  oldest  rock cut cave temples, as well as  the longest rock-cut edicts, similar to Asokan edicts  and  extremely rare in the south of India.
  The town houses Vijayalaya Choleeswaram built during the 9th century. The two rock-cut temples are classic examples of how temple architecture styles were  fusing in different parts of the country.
caption: Sculpture at narthamalai, India
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