Ever since K.V. Soundararajan, K.R. Srinivasan and H.Sarkar wrote about the cave temples of “the Deccanâ€, “the Pallavas†and “Keralaâ€, the cave temples in the Pandinadu sub-region of Tamilnadu have remained neglected. A number of western and Indian scholars have written about individual centers like Tirupparankunram (R.K.K. Rajarajan), Narttamalai (Gary J. Schwidler) and Malaiyatippatti (Raju Kalidos). A connected account of the Pandyan caves is still ...
