Tamil Nadu: Finanace Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visits Adichanallur, an archaeological site located on the bank of Tamirabarani (Porunai) river in Thoothukudi District of Tamil Nadu. Adichanallur was one of the five archaeological sites declared to be developed as ‘Iconic Sites’ in Union Budget 2020-21. Adichanallur site is locally referred to as ‘Parambu’ meaning dry elevated mound. As part of the development plan, fresh exploration / excavation of archaeological remains has been taken by the ASI, Trichy Circle.According to the tweet of official account of Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman. The extensive urn burial site at Adichanallur was first discovered by Dr. Jagor of Berlin Museum in 1876. Englishman Alexander Rea excavated a good number of urns during 1910s and discovered gold diadems with parallels from Mycenae, bronze objects, notably lids with exquisite finials depicting many animal forms, iron objects besides thousands of potsherds. The excavation was resumed during 2003-04 and 2004-05.
Carbon dating of samples excavated in 2004 from the Adichanallur site has revealed that they belong to the period between 1000 BC and 600 BC. In 2005, around 169 clay urns containing human skeletons were unearthed that date back to at least 3,800 years.
Official Twitter account of Ministry of finance also twitted “The FM is accompanied by Tmt @KanimozhiDMK, Hon’ble MP (LS), and Thiru Anitha Radhakrishnan (@ARROffice), Minister for Fisheries-Fishermen Welfare & Animal Husbandry – Government of Tamil Nadu and Tmt @SasikalaPushpa_, Vice President @bjp4tamilnadu.”
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