India

Devankuruchi

Megalithic habitation site and medieval temple, Tamil Nadu

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Devankurichi is an archaeology site located near to T.Kallupatti and 40 km far from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Devankurichi is a small village on the road towards Peraiyur. The Devankurichi hill is a symbol of spirituality as one can see it while driving closer to T.Kallupatti. Many people throng the Agneeswaran Temple of Devankurichi for doing the last rites of those who are dead and so its equated to Kasi.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
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Early Modern Period
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Earliest habitation

c. 6,000 years ago

Megalithic artefacts

c. 2,000 years ago

Temple construction (later Pandya period)

later Pandya period (12–13 CE)

Pandya inscriptions recording donations

1216–1238 CE

Archaeological excavation

1976–1977

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Burial and Funerary Structures

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Domestic and Habitation Structures

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Country

India

Coordinates

9.73° N, 77.84° E