12 locations in T.N. to be declared protected sites, monuments
▪ 12 new locations in Tamil Nadu will be declared protected monuments/sites.
✓ Tamili inscriptions – Mannarkoil, Tirunelveli district
✓ Rock-cut caves – Aralipatti, Sivaganga district
✓ Koothapoondiyan Valasu – Dindigul district
✓ V. Kottaiyur – Pudukkottai district
✓ Avoor – Tiruvannamalai district
✓ Nayanur – Villupuram district
✓ Dolmens – Mallachanthiram, Krishnagiri district
✓ Thirupullani palace – Ramanathapuram district
✓ Maraiyur Choultry – Narikkudi, Virudhunagar district
✓ Boulder and cave paintings – Meenakshipuram, Rajapalayam taluk
✓ Old mandapam – Mamsapuram, Virudhunagar district
✓ Old mandapam – Pillayar Natham, Virudhunagar district
▪ A museum for inscriptions is planned at the World Tamil Sangam campus in Madurai.
▪ The State government will formulate a programme to publish the cultural history of Tamil Nadu in 18 volumes to capture the history of various regions within the State.
▪ A Sangam-era port survey at Korkai identified an “anomalous feature” (details not disclosed).
