Keelavalavu

Keezhavazhavu (also known as Kilavalavu and Keelavalavu and Kizhavalavu) is a village in Madurai district of Tamil Nadu, India.

[2][3] Panchapandavar Malai (Hill of Five Pandavas) is located in the village on the Melur – Tiruppattur road.

[4] The hillock contains caves that were converted as adobe by the Jain monks who lived here when their religion flourished in the ancient Tamil country.

[5] The granite quarrying in the hillock, carried out by the government and private companies, vandalised some of the sculptures and inscriptions.

[8][11] In response to a public interest litigation filed by the residents of the village in 2008,[12] in 2011 the Madurai bench of Madras High Court banned the granite-quarrying activities of the Tamil Nadu Minerals Limited (TAMIN) and private companies inside an area of 51 acres (21 ha) around the hillock,[13][14] citing the presence of a Jain monument of archaeological importance.