At Saluvankuppam, Tamil Nadu is an old and perhaps aboriginal temple built to honour the Hindu deity Murugan. Archaeologists believe that this royal heritage site, unearthed in 2005, and had a double-layered structure: a brick temple that seems to have been constructed during the Sangam period (the 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD) and an 8th century AD granite temple, built during the Pallava reign, and on top of the brick shrine. The Archaeological Survey of India conducted a comprehensive analysis and reported that the brick temple could be the oldest of its kind to be pulled out in Tamil Nadu. This case study aims to emphasize the socio-political importance of the Saluvannkuppan Murugan temple in the era in which it was built and today.
