Mahendravadi

Mahendravadi is a historical ancient 6th Century Pallava Dynasty Town during Mahendra Varman 1, in Nemili taluk, Tamil Nadu, in northern Tamil Nadu of India.

==History== The history of Mahendravadi records from 600 AD (6th Century) through Pallava Kingdom's owned dynasty inscription preserved till date as Monument by Govt Of India, Archeological Dept. Living evidences/Monuments from of early pallava dynasty owned Mahendravadi traces from the Pallava Greatest Emperor Mahendravarman I (600-630 AD). Mahendravarman I established Mahendravadi town as one of the second largest town during rule and it is a starting point of the Pallava's rock cut sculptures history that we see in Kanchipuram and Mamallapuram. The very first Rock cut Sculpture Monuments of Pallava's dynasty originated from this erstwhile town now as village. The enhanced sculptures are exercised and improvised by his son Narashima Varman who shifted the capitol of pallava's dynasty from kachipuram to mamallapuram. This is the first and unique rock cut temple that the Emperor Mahendra Varman had created during his period of ruling of his extended dynasty from Cauvery river to Krishna river region (Now in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka state). The old name of Mahendravadi was Mahendrapura and as per 1881 district gazetteer of British India tells that once the village was a large extended town reduced to smaller. It also describe the village tank stating the date of this fine tank was unknown and it used to serve lands some 10-15 miles distance. The town was considerable importance to provide a fort in the during his rule. A mud bank large tank referred to as Mahendra-Tataka in the inscription in Grantha Script was also excavated by the king Mahendra Varman to serve water resources for extensive agriculture. The history of the mud bunk lake was well articulated in one of the well known Novel - "Sivagamiyin Sapadham" (The Wow of Sivagami) Sivagamiyin Sapatham written by Kalki Krishnamoorthi in the first episode.