<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.touristplaces.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Kunnandar-Kovil.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-2051" src="http://www.touristplaces.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Kunnandar-Kovil.jpg" alt="Kunnandar Kovil" width="204" height="204" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Kunnandar Kovil: (27 kms.) This ancient cave temple has a Shiva shrine which goes back to the 8th century. The inscription records the name of the place as Kunru-Andar-kovil which means the Temple of the Lord of the Hill. This temple was built by a Muttrayar chief who was probably a vassal of Nandivarman Pallava Malla. The temple combines the features of the late Pallava and early Chola styles and has a beautiful hundred pillared Nritta Mandapain. The deity is called Parvatagirishwara. The walls are decorated with a number of rock cut sculptures. Excellent bronze images of deities are preserved in this temple. State buses operate up to Kunnadar Kovil village.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Kunnandar Kovil: (27 kms.) This ancient cave temple has a Shiva shrine which goes back to the 8th century. The inscription records the name of the place as Kunru-Andar-kovil which means the Temple of the Lord of the Hill. This temple was built by a Muttrayar chief who was probably a vassal of Nandivarman Pallava Malla. The temple combines the features of the late Pallava and early Chola styles and has a beautiful hundred pillared Nritta Mandapain. The deity is called Parvatagirishwara. The walls are decorated with a number of rock cut sculptures. Excellent bronze images of deities are preserved in this temple. State buses operate up to Kunnadar Kovil village.</p>