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The past rock creation tract astatine Pathimalai cave successful Kumittipathi village successful Coimbatore territory has undergone important alterations.
Documentary movie shaper Santhosh Krishnan, who visited the spot arsenic portion of his probe enactment for a documentary, was appalled to spot the cave altered with partial cement flooring, ineffable stones and Tamil writings with achromatic overgarment connected the stall wall.
Mr. Krishnan had utilized visuals of the celebrated stone coating of an elephant from the cave for his documentary Kaliru (one of the galore names of elephant successful Tamil) arsenic a humanities notation for human-elephant coexistence.
Believed to beryllium nealy 3,000 years old, the stone paintings picture a tusker, ther (chariot, immoderate accidental it is simply a peacock), and the lives of aboriginal dwellers of the region, each drawn utilizing achromatic pigments. The cave is situated astatine the basal of a rocky hillock with a temple of Lord Murugan atop.
“Some of the radical contiguous astatine the spot said that the alterations were made by the temple administration. Stones were besides being chopped from the hillock,” alleged Mr. Krishnan.
According to archaeologists, Kumittipathi falls successful the Palakkad Gap of the Western Ghats, wherever past commercialized routes (Peruvazhi) existed. However, incidents of miscreants scribbling and coating their names connected the partition had been reported successful the past.
Rock creation adept K.T. Gandhirajan said stone paintings drawn wrong caves, arsenic successful Kumittipathi, are uncommon successful Tamil Nadu. He wanted the Coimbatore territory medication to instrumentality contiguous steps to support the past stone creation site.
An archaeology enthusiast said the contiguous information of the stone tract was worrying arsenic the State authorities had initiated efforts to state the spot arsenic a protected archaeological monument.
“This stone oregon cave coating is important, having archaeological worth and an plus of our region. It is mentioned successful the Archaeological usher published by Tami Nadu government”, said section historiographer C.R. Elangovan.
Coimbatore District Collector Pavankumar G. Giriyappanavar said the alleged alterations astatine the stone creation tract would beryllium inquired.
