போர் கைதிகளை அடைத்து வைத்த பாதாளச் சிறைக்கோட்டை | Melacheri Fort,Sevalapurai | Gingee | Mr.DK

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Melacheri is a small village in Viluppuram district of Tamilnadu. It is situated not very far from Gingee city, famous for its fort. The earliest modern reference of the town is found the South Arcot district gazetteer of 19061. It mentions that it a fortified town known as “old Gingee” in its bygone days. The temple of Maddilesvara was mentioned with its rock-cut linga. Earlier, it was the chief village of a jaghir known as Gingee or Melacheri jaghir. It was said to be granted by the Delhi Emperor to a Rajput, Sivanath Singh. It consisted to seven taluks. However, after the fall of the Delhi Empire in the hands of the Nawabs of Arcot, this jagir was slowly reduced to mere 11 villages, granted for life to Tejonath Singh. The descendents of the family still live in the village in very dilapidated conditions.

The temple was included in the Pallava antiquities compiled by Dubreuil2. He got curious after reading in the gazetteer about the rock-cut linga. During his visit, he discovered the inscription written in the Pallava Grantha script. He provides a translation of the same taking assistance from S Krishnaswami Aiyangar of University of Madras. He concludes that the temple belongs to the middle of seventh century CE and may be credited either to the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I (630-668 CE) or to Parameswaravarman I (670-695 CE) explaining that Chandraditya mentioned in the inscription appears to be a name of either of these kings. A H Longhurst3 also includes this temple in his list of Pallava temples of early period. He mentions that Chandraditya is evidently a name of a Pallava king however whose we cannot say with certainty. A better description and interpretation was made available K R Srinivasan4 in his compendium on the Pallava cave temples.


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