Centuries-old stone articles were discovered during the ‘scientific earth work’ at Swamy Nellaiyappar Temple here on Monday.
As ‘kumbabhishekam’ of the 1,300-year-old Swamy Nellaiyappar- Gandhimathi Ambal Temple was performed on April 7, 2004, it will have to be performed in 2016 as mandated. Hence, the work is being carried out on an outlay of Rs. 1.40 crore as per the instructions of Murtheeswari, Deputy Superintendent of Archaeology.
After the earth work started on August 12 near ‘Vasantha Mandapam’ and ‘Naalvar Sannidhi’, a stone tank, ‘nandhi’, ‘yaazhi’, broken pieces of stone pillars and a stone grinder (‘santhanaathi’) have been discovered.
“Based on the instructions from archaeologists, further earthwork will be done,” said temple authorities.
