more-inRAMANATHAPURAMA team of amateur archaeologists of Ramanathapuram Archaeological Research Foundation has discovered a 16th century stone inscription of Pandiya era at Kallikudi village in Tiruvadanai block. Close on the heels of discovering 13th century Pandiya period stone inscriptions near RS Mangalam, the members of the foundation, led by its president V. Rajaguru, a teacher at S.S.A.M. Government Higher Secondary School, Tiruppullani, and coordinator M. Vimalraj, found the stone inscription at the entrance of Srinivasa Perumal Temple at the village. Mr. Rajaguru said a local artificer had written the inscription as dictated by ‘Mudali’, a government official, and engraved his signature. The inscription was written in 1541 AD, going by the Tamil year mentioned in the inscription and the script style.

Source: The Hindu February 12, 2018 12:33 UTC