Kanyakumari - Chitharal Jain Temple -PHOTOS - Part-1

The Chitharal Jain Monuments are the ruins of a Jain training centre from the 9th century CE, on a small hill in Chitharal village, Tamil Nadu.

Chitharal is historically known as Thirucharanathupalli – the abode of Jain monks belonging to the Digambara sect. It is famous for the hillock which has a cave containing rock-cut sculptures of Thirthankaras and attendant deities carved inside and outside dating back to the 9th century.Among the rock-cut relief sculptures is a figure of the goddess Dharmadevi. Jain influence in this region was due to the King Mahendravarman I (610-640). 

The monuments are located in the small village of Chitharal, Tamil Nadu, which lies 7 km from Marthandam and 55 km from Kanyakumari.

                A Goddess temple is situated at ‘Thiruchanattu’ hillocks. It was built 1000s of years ago, but the Jain temple was overtaken by Hindus in the 425 AD. Inside the temple stone carvings ‘thirucharanam’ was written instead of ‘thiruchanattu'. ‘Charanan’ was the name given to Jain monks. The Goddess worshiped here is ‘Thirucharanathu bhataariyar- Pathmavathi’(belief). 'Parshwanathan' and Mahavira idols are carved in the temple. The scripts written here are in ‘vatta ezhuthu’ . It is believed that the 'Vikramaditya Varagunan' the founder of the temple is the King Vikramaditya in Indian history. A script written here is about the gold ornaments offered to ‘Thricharathu bhataariyar’ by ‘Aaya gunanthangi kuratthikal’ the devotees of Arathanemi bhataariyar (Perakudi) during the 28th rulin’ year of king Vikramaditya.

                                               ROAD MAP TO THIS PLACE

                                                        WAY TO HILLOCK-1

                                                        WAY TO HILLOCK-2

                                                       WAY TO HILLOCK-3

                                                              WAY TO HILLOCK-4

                                LONG SHOT VIEW of THE MONUMENT / TEMPLE

                                               LONG SHOT VIEW - ANOTHER SIDE

                                               LONG SHOT VIEW - FRONT SIDE

                                                                CLOSE-UP SHOT-1

                                                              CLOSE-UP SHOT-2

                                                         SIDE VIEW CLOSE-UP SHOT-1

                                                                 SIDE VIEW LONG SHOT-1

                                                                SIDE VIEW CLOSE-UP SHOT-2

                                                              ANOTHER VIEW-1

                                                                       PATH WAY

                                                                  CHARMING CLOUDY VIEW

                                                                    AT HILL TOP

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                                                    ANOTHER SIDE - VIEW

                                                          ANOTHER VIEW  from HILL

                                                                       HILL VIEW

                                                          STONE ART / Sculptures -1

                                                         STONE ART / Sculptures -2

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                                            AERIAL VIEW FROM THE HILL TOP-1

                                                                 WALKING AREAS

                                       STONE CARVED LETTERINGs of YEARS BACK

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                                                         Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu state are the traditional rubber growing areas accounting for 90 percent of rubber production in over all tamilnadu state. The only rubber growing district in Tamil Nadu is Kanyakumari District.  In Kanyakumari District 19233 ha rubber plantation are available which produce 24020 tonnes of rubber annually. India is No.4 among the top ten rubber producing countries. Kerala state is leading rubber producer in India. TamilNadu contributes another 3% ofthe total natural rubber production in india.

                    

                                                  A SMALL PLANT of RUBBER

                                                       PLANT BUDDING AREA

                                               PLANT AFTER FEW MONTHS

                                                         ON A SPRING SEASON

                                                          ON A RAINY SEASON

                                       VARIOUS  INTER GRASS & PLANTS in Between

                                                    ONE AFTERNOON VIEW

                                                        A ROAD IN-BETWEEN THE ESTATEs

                                         A ROAD IN-BETWEEN THE ESTATEs-1

                                         A ROAD IN-BETWEEN THE ESTATEs-2

                                          A ROAD IN-BETWEEN THE ESTATEs-3

                                                  A CLOSE-UP SHOT OF TREE

                                                      A MAN REMOVE TOP LAYER

                                   AFTER REMOVE A LAYER....MILK START TO POUR

                                                       MILK WAS COLLECTED 

                             IT MAY COLLECTED IN COCONUT SHELL ALSO

                                                  MILK FLOW  DROP by DROP

                                                 MILK FLOW  DROP by DROP-1

                                                 MILK FLOW  DROP by DROP-2

                                                                MILK PASSAGE

                                                             AFTER FEW HOURS

                                                            AFTER FEW HOURS-1

                                                    MILK WAS THEN COLLECTED

                               AFTER COLLECTION ALSO FEW DROPS WILL FLOW

                     COLLECTED MILK POUR IN A BASIN TO CHANGE AS SOLID SHEET

                     MACHINE FOR CHANGING THE SOLID THICK SHEET into THIN

                                              SECOND PROCESS MACHINE

                                                        PROCESS TECHNIQUE

                                              REMOVING THE REMAINING WATER

                                   NEXT DAY REMOVE THE PREVIOUS DAYS WASTE

              AFTER THE MACHINING PROCESS IT SHAPES LIKE THIS

                       THE SHEETS are PLACED UNDER SUN TO GET DRY

                                             AFTER FEW DAYS of DRYING

                                 THE SHEET CHANGED INTO REDDISH BLACK

                                                CLOSE-UP SHOT OF a SHEET

                                                    COLLECTED SHEET IN A SHOP

                                                         IN A SUMMER SEASON

                                                IN A SUMMER SEASON-1
                                    

                                                     TREES WITH NO LEAF

                                            EARLY MORNING OF NEW SPRING

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                                                                                   USED IN WIDE AREAS...

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