Sirudhavur- unknown Archaeological and Historical Site

       Sirudhavur- unknown Archaeological and                                     Historical Site

Siruthavur is a small village near Thiruporur, and there is a possibility that some people may not know about it. Its period starts from the megalithic period. The Chola kingdom, which was administrated from the Pallava period to the Vijayanagara period, was located in the Amur region of Amur. Its period can be divided into two types:
1) Neolithic period
2) Historical period
Historical period can be classified as the Pallava, Chola, Pandya, Vijayanagara,Sambuvarayar and Nayaka periods. Siruthavur existed during the reigns of the above-mentioned.

other name of Sirudhavur

1) Narasinga Chadurvedhi Mangalam

2)  Sirudhavur 

 Siruthavur is a Brahmadeya granted to Brahmins during the Chola period. 

Megalithic Period and kinds of Monuments
In 2005, the Archaeological Survey of India conducted an excavation under the leadership of Satyabama Badrinath. Several important  Antiquity were found in this.
 
Types of Burial 

1) Urn Burial

2) Pit with Sarcophagus

3) Sarcophagus with Stone Circle

4)  Sarcophagus with out Stone Circle

5)  Dolmenoid Cist burial with Stone Circle

 Antiquities of Excavation

1)  Red ware Pottery

2)  black and Red ware pottery

3)  black ware pottery
 
Potteries with Graffiti so this place people must had writing knowledge.

Beads

1) Carnelian bead in various shape like long barrel, oblate. circular tablet

2) Paste beads 

Iron Objects
They include two daggers, six
wedges, six knives of which a long one was a
cutting knife blade, four sickles, one chisel and
three swords of which one was a fragment of a
long sword. One dagger was complete except
the bottom tip portion of the tang while the
the other one was broken.

gold objects also found

Temple Ruins
There are many temples built during the Pallava and Chola periods in Siruthavuur, but they are not in a complete state. One of them is the Bhutha Greeswar Temple. This temple may have been built during the early Chola period. It has a sanctum, an arthamandapam and a mahamandapam. 

This temple has inscriptions from Cholas, Pandyas, Sambuvarayar and Telugu Cholas. There is also a Vaduga Pillayar temple. The inscriptions mostly mention donations made to the temple.
 
Town names mentioned in the inscription

1) sirdhavur

2)  kiliyur

3) amoor

4)  Kaari Mangalam

5)  thagadur

6)  porpuram

7)  Madurai

8) poodheri 

9)  Aruyalur

Names of God in the inscription

1)  Budhiswara mudayaar 

2)  Budhiswara mudaya Maha devar

3)  boodhiswarar

Conclusion
Siruthavur, although a small village, has various archaeological and historical traces. Only a limited part of Siruthavur has been excavated. There is no doubt that a complete excavation of this village will reveal its history.


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