Nedumala Caves, Piralimattam
Caves in Kerala state, India
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The Nedumala Caves are in Piralimattam, on the border of Idukki district and Ernakulam District in the Indian state of Kerala. Piralimattom Nedumala hills is a prehistoric site. Caves feature carvings on granite rock and stone shelter. According to archaeologist P. Rajendran, UGC Research Scientist, the caves may date to the Neolithic period around 4000 BC.[1][2][3]
Three caves discovered at Piralimattam in Nedumala have elaborate petroglyphs in cupules and shallow grinding surface. Many concave cupules and grinding surfaces are visible, both completed and incomplete.
Prehistoric rock-shelter (Muniyara)
A man-made shelter of the prehistoric past features a single rock slab 4 meters in length, 2 m in width and .5 m thick rests on two rock out-crops of 1.5 m height. Its opening is on the eastern side. The shelter can accommodate two or three people. The shelter has no characteristics of a Dolmen or Muniyara of the Megalithic culture.
Location
Piralimattam nedumala is in Manjalloor panchayath of Ernakulam district, Kerala. It is 3 km from Kadalikkadu and 5 km from Vazhakulam.
