April
01
/ 2018
Archaeologists in India have discovered a rare 300-year-old inscription of a sudoku-like game on the pillar of a temple in Palani, India. When added in any direction, the numbers total 15, which is the number associated with the temple’s deity. The News Minute reports that researchers made the discovery while making repairs to a pillar in a 13 th century mandapam, a pillared outdoor pavilion used for public rituals, located in the foothills of Palani, a pilgrim town in Tamil Nadu, India. The inscription had been hidden under multiple coatings of limestone, but was revealed during the repairs on the temple. This particular mandapam is used during the Panguni Uthiram festival, which is celebrated by Hindus on the full moon
