A damaged idol of Lord Vishnu and and a Nandi statue have been found partially buried at Chithrakudi village near Budalur in Thanjavur district recently by a team of researchers.
The idols were found by the team led by Mani Maran, Tamil pandit, Saraswati Mahal Library, Thanjavur, after being alerted by S. Sathya, Assistant Professor in Tamil, Bon Secours College for Women, to the presence of the Nandi on her land. Thillai Govindarajan, headmaster, Government Elementary School, Ponthiyakulam, and G. Jayalakshmi, a government school teacher, were part of the team.
