Petroglyphs and cave paintings dating to the Neolithic have been found atop Devankurichi hill (Tamil Nadu, India) by archaeologists from Pandiyanadu Cultural Foundation. The steep rocky outcrop rises abruptly nearly 200 metres above the surrounding plain on the interior southern tip of India.
     Around 4.5 metres in length and little over 1 metre wide, the cave is decorated with paintings and petroglyphs believed to be over 3,000 years old. The paintings were hand-drawn using white ink prepared by mixing tree sap with limestone paste. There is a hunting scene of an animal with a long neck, line drawings of human figures, and symbols. Some of the humans appear to be dancing.
     At the southwest foot of the hill were identified three stone beds 1.5 metres long and 60 centimetres wide, and an incomplete rock-cut cave over 2,000 years old. Petroglyphs here form three rows of 17, 25, and 30 score marks descending from common horizontal lines. Next to those are images of two human figures with the head of an animal. A later image of a dancing woman is also present. Similar images have been found hundreds of kilometres to the north.

Edited from The New Indian Express (24 December 2021), The Times of India (25 December 2021)