Hai buddies!! Hope you all good. Today you’re going to explore a historical place – Jain Hill. It will be very interesting to you.
Location – Keelakuyilkudi village which is around 14 km away from Madurai.
Spots – Pechipallam, Vilakuthoon & Settipodavu.
Jain hill or samanar malai located in keelakuyilkudi which is around 14 km away from the Madurai. It’s a historical place. Many visitors are coming here to explore.
Let’s see the beauties of this place –
In the bottom of the hill, there is a karupanaswamy temple. Which was built before the British rule. This temple has 200 years of history. In the opposite of the temple, you can see the glorious lotus pond. This pond filled with colourful fishes too. Which grab more visitors here. While entering the place, there are three gigantic banyan trees. Which make you cherish.
This peaceful place is very useful for people who are fond of meditation and mountain climbing. For the welfare of people, they constructed steps in the cliff and handles on both sides.
Pechipallam –
At the semi top of the hill, you reach the place pechipallam. Here you can see lots of Tamil – Brahmi inscriptions and many sculptures done by Jain monks. This ancient caves with carvings dating back to 1st century AD. During ancient times, Jainism people got flourished here.
As per archaeologists, these caves have more than the 2000-year-old Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions as well as vatteluthu writings. According to the inscription, monks took sallekhana here (fasting up to death). According to archaeologists, there was a Jain’s school at the top of the hill.
Vilakuthoon –
Top of the Hill is called Velakuthoon. During the time of karthigai people light a fire here. Many people doing meditation in the morning time. You can see the clear top view of the hill.
Settipodavu –
This place located back of the hill. Jain monks used to take rest here. Here you can see a lot of sculptures of Jainism monks. And some stone bed which were used by Jain people.
Hope this historical make you entertain & educate. If you have time visit samanar malai. It’s my suggestion.
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