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Siyamangalam Stambheshwara Cave Temple

சீயமங்கலம் தூணாண்டார் கோயில்

Siyamangalam, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu

Pallava Dynasty (Mahendravarman I)Rock-cutHindu (Shaiva)ASI-protectedAI Compiled

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Siyamangalam Stambheshwara Cave Temple (Avanibhajana Pallaveshwaram) is a 7th-century rock-cut temple commissioned by Mahendravarman I. It contains one of the earliest known sculpted reliefs of Lord Nataraja performing the Ananda Tandava dance in South Indian art.