• Vettuvan Koil in Kalugumalai, a panchayat town in Thoothukudi province in Tamil Nadu state of South India, is dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.
• Built in Pandyan Architecture and rock-cut architecture, the unfinished temple is believed to have been built by Pandyas in the 8th century

Vettuvan Koil

• Vettuvan Koil is an unfinished monolithic Shiva temple in Kalugumalai in Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu. 

• The temple is believed to have been carved out of rock during the 8th century by Pandyas.

• It is the only known example of a Pandya era monolithic temple  carved out in three dimensions, in-situ from the top of the hillock towards bottom. Its lower parts are still unfinished.