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Multi-periodSite Name: Rock Fort templeCountry: India
NOTE: This site is 7.144 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Tiruchirapalli
Latitude: 10.828179N Longitude: 78.696392E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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The 83 m high Rock Fort is the only outcrop in otherwise flat land of Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu, the rock is one of the oldest in the world (3.800 million years).
344 steps hewn out of the rock lead to the top where there are inscriptions dated to the 3rd century BCE.
At the top of the rock is the Uchipillaiyar Koil temple dedicated to lord Vinayaka.
In the temple complex more temples and rock cut temples dated to Pallava period (6th- 7th century CE).
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