Kalugumaki

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Kalugumaki

(kalugu, 'an eagle,’ and malai, 'a hill'). — Village in the Ettaiyapuram zamindari and the Ottappidaram taluk of Tin- nevelly District, Madras, situated in 9 degree 8' N. and 77 degree 42' E., 28 miles north of Tinnevelly town and 12 miles from SankaranayinSrkovil. Population (1901), 4,827. It contains a celebrated rock-cut temple dedicated to the god Subrahmanya, and many Jain sculptures and inscriptions. The temple is similar in style to the Seven Pagodas in Chingleput District, and is thought to have been built in the tenth or eleventh century. An annual festival and cattle fair in February attract a large number of people from the southern Districts and even from Mysore.