Nehanurpatti
| Neganur Patti | |
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  Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Location | Gingee, India |
| Coordinates | 12°17′14″N 79°26′42″E / 12.28734°N 79.444885°E |
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Neganur Patti is a 1 sq. kilometre village in
Location
Neganur Patti is located 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northeast of Gingee.
Transportation
Town buses depart from Gingee bus stand (bus no: 11-A, 11-B) to Vedal go through Neganur Patti. Otherwise, one can alight at Melkalavai Koot road bus stop (all buses going from Gingee to Melmalayanur) and can take shared auto.
About the village
Neganur Patti consists of small hillock called Adukkankal which is a Jain cave with prehistoric paintings, Tamil-Brahmi stone inscription and traces of the presence of Jain beds.
Adukkankal Jain Beds
The attractive feature of this village is the presence of hillock called Adukkankal. Since it looks as if large stones are piled up one over the other, it got its name (in
Tamil Brahmi Jain inscriptions
The 4th century C. E.
Rock paintings
Another interesting feature of this village is the presence of 1000 B.C. rock paintings in the adukkankal cave. These are white and hence these paints could be made by using lime. Only men is seen in the paintings. There are no animals painted. Some paintings are very weak and could not be able to resolve.
See also
References
- D. Ramesh, "Nadunaattu Samanakovilkal" Second edition, Tamilventhan Pathippagam, Ulundurpettai (2005).
- D. Thulasiraman, "Tamizhaga Tolpazhankalamum Poondi agazhvaippagamum", First edition, State Department of Archaeology, Chennai (2005).
- T. S. Sridhar, "Tamil-Brahmi Kalvettukal", First edition, State Department of Archaeology, Chennai (2006).
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