Cave Temples of Pandya Country: Art & Ritual

Dr. Velu Latha took her M.Phil. and Ph.D. under guidance of Prof. Raju Kalidos in the Tamil University. The thesis was adjudicated by the late Prof. Maurizio Taddei (former Editor, East and West, Rome) and Prof. S. Rajasekhara of the Karnatak University, Dharwad. The examiners unanimously graded the thesis, Highly Commended. As a scholar, V. Latha was a very hard workers. She visited the nooks and corners of the Putukottai region, her land of birth, and studied in situ the cave temples that lay in the interior regions. Her hard work earned her the degree of Doctor of Philsophy. The author is a teaching assistant in the Women’s College at Putukkottai. She has published articles in Kala (Guwahati) and Journal of the Institute of Asian Studies (Madras) and so on. She has presented papers in national conferences.