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Authorities person removed alterations that had been made to the past stone creation tract astatine Pathimalai cave successful Kumittipathi village, 1 of the oldest stone paintings successful Coimbatore district.
The enactment was initiated aft The Hindu highlighted the alterations astatine the archaeological monument successful its columns connected February 12.
District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar had initiated an enquiry aft coming to cognize astir the alterations to the stone creation site, which is located astir 30 km from Coimbatore city.
Mr. Giriyappanavar said the Revenue Department successful coordination with the Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology (TNSDA) removed the encroachments astatine the monument.
Officials successful the cognize of the improvement said that a Revenue Department squad headed by Madukkarai tahsildar inspected the cave connected Monday. Alterations to the cave, which included partial cement flooring, installation of ineffable stones and Tamil writings with achromatic overgarment connected the chromatic wall, were removed, they said.
The stone paintings of the cave drawn utilizing achromatic pigments, believed to beryllium nealy 3,000 years old, is considered 1 of the past remaining stone creation sites successful Coimbatore territory that shed airy connected the beingness of aboriginal inhabitants of the region. The cave astatine the bottommost of a rocky hillock besides falls successful the Palakkad Gap of the Western Ghats, done which past commercialized routes (Peruvazhi) passed.
Sources said that efforts volition beryllium initiated to support the stone creation tract and a committee volition beryllium kept astatine the place, informing visitors that it is an archaeological monument.
