https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Tiger_Cave_%28India%29 Tiger Cave (India) - Revision history 2026-09-07T17:21:20Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tiger_Cave_(India)&diff=457973&oldid=prev 2406:7400:C8:B907:E7E5:215F:777E:2163 at 08:05, 1 January 2025 2025-01-01T08:05:00Z <p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:35, 1 January 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Short description|Rock cut temple in Tamil Nadu, India}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Tiger Cave rocky outcrop.jpg|thumb|right|The rocky outcrop close to Tiger Cave. The discovery of an inscription on one of these led to the excavation of the Subrahmanya Temple|214x214px]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The '''Yali Mandabam (Tiger Cave)''' is a [[Indian rock-cut architecture|rock-cut Hindu temple complex]] located in the hamlet of [[Saluvankuppam]] near [[Mahabalipuram]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It gets its name from the carvings of [[tiger]] heads on the mouth of a cave which forms a part of the complex. The Yali Mandabam (Tiger Cave) is considered to be one of the Mahabalipuram rock-cut temples constructed by the [[Pallavas]] in the 8th century AD. The site is located on the [[Bay of Bengal]] coast and is a popular picnic spot and tourist destination.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tiger-cave|title=Yali Mandabam (Tiger Cave)|date=30 November 2015|website=[[Atlas Obscura]]}}&lt;/ref&gt; The temple is maintained by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI). The discovery of an inscription on a rocky outcrop in the Yali Mandabam (Tiger Cave) complex in 2005 led to the excavation of a [[Sangam period]] Muruga Temple close by.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=Visit Tiger's Cave for a quiet weekend getaway|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=January 5, 2007|author=Swahilya|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/05/stories/2007010520020200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107064827/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/05/stories/2007010520020200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2007}}&lt;/ref&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Architecture==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Tiger Cave Mamallapuram.jpg|thumb|right|The Tiger cave with [[tiger]] head carvings at the mouth of the cave|320x180px]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Tiger Cave Mamallapuram.jpg|thumb|right|The Tiger cave with [[tiger]] head carvings at the mouth of the cave|320x180px]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Tiger Cave rocky outcrop</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jpg</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">thumb</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">left</del>|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The rocky outcrop close to Tiger Cave. The discovery of an inscription </del>on <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">one of these led to the excavation of the Subrahmanya Temple|214x214px]]</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The cave temple is located {{convert|4</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">8</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">km</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mi</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">abbr=</ins>on<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">}} away from </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mahabalipuram</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, a world heritage site for </ins>the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Group of Monuments at </ins>Mahabalipuram]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The rock cut shrine has a flight of steps</ins>. It <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">has a small portico flanked by two pilasters which are supported by rampant tigers. All around </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">entrance, there are images </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">tigers, leading to </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">name </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Tiger </ins>cave. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">There are two other cells that have elephant heads carved beneath them. Based on </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">architectural style, </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">cave </ins>is <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">associated with </ins>[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Narasimhavarman II|Rajasimha Narasimhavaram II</ins>]] <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(690–728)</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|title=Mahabalipuram|publisher=</ins>The Archaeological Survey of India<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, Government of India|year=2004|isbn=|location=New Delhi|last=C</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|first=Sivaramamurthi|ref=Malla|page=3, 34}}&lt;/ref&gt;</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The '''Tiger Cave''' is a </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Indian rock-cut architecture|rock-cut Hindu temple complex</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">located in </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hamlet of [[Saluvankuppam]] near </del>[[Mahabalipuram]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]</del>. It <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">gets its name from </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">carvings </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[tiger]] heads on </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">mouth </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a </del>cave <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">which forms a part of the complex</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Tiger Cave is considered to be one of </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Mahabalipuram rock-cut temples constructed by </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Pallavas]] in the 8th century AD. The site </del>is <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">located on the </del>[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bay of Bengal</del>]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">coast and is a popular picnic spot and tourist destination</del>. The <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">temple is maintained by the [[</del>Archaeological Survey of India<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] (ASI)</del>.</div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The discovery of an inscription on a rocky outcrop in the Tiger Cave complex in 2005 led to the excavation of a [[Sangam period]] Subrahmanya Temple close by.</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">== References ==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{reflist}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; 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Wayback Medic 2.5 2021-04-21T22:24:00Z <p>Rescued 1 archive link. <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:GreenC/WaybackMedic_2.5&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:GreenC/WaybackMedic 2.5 (page does not exist)">Wayback Medic 2.5</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> [[File:Tiger Cave Mamallapuram.jpg|thumb|right|The Tiger cave with [[tiger]] head carvings at the mouth of the cave|320x180px]]<br /> [[File:Tiger Cave rocky outcrop.jpg|thumb|left|The rocky outcrop close to Tiger Cave. The discovery of an inscription on one of these led to the excavation of the Subrahmanya Temple|214x214px]]<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Tiger Cave&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[Indian rock-cut architecture|rock-cut Hindu temple complex]] located in the hamlet of [[Saluvankuppam]] near [[Mahabalipuram]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It gets its name from the carvings of [[tiger]] heads on the mouth of a cave which forms a part of the complex. The Tiger Cave is considered to be one of the Mahabalipuram rock-cut temples constructed by the [[Pallavas]] in the 8th century AD. The site is located on the [[Bay of Bengal]] coast and is a popular picnic spot and tourist destination. The temple is maintained by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI).<br /> <br /> The discovery of an inscription on a rocky outcrop in the Tiger Cave complex in 2005 led to the excavation of a [[Sangam period]] Subrahmanya Temple close by.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{commons category}}<br /> * {{cite news|title=Visit Tiger&#039;s Cave for a quiet weekend getaway|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=January 5, 2007|author=Swahilya|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/05/stories/2007010520020200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107064827/http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/05/stories/2007010520020200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2007}}<br /> <br /> {{Coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Hindu cave temples in India]]<br /> [[Category:Hindu temples in Kanchipuram district]]<br /> [[Category:8th-century Hindu temples]]<br /> [[Category:8th-century establishments in India]]<br /> [[Category:Caves of Tamil Nadu]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Kanchipuram-geo-stub}}</div> ->GreenC bot