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Tag: Muttaraiya Temples

KALIYAPATTI SIVA TEMPLE

Kaliyapatti is a small hamlet in T.Keelaiyur panchayat of Kundrandarkoil block in Pudukkottai district. It lies enroute of Keeranur-Killukottai road between Visalur and Malayadipatti and one can reach the village driving half a kilometer from the main road. The village is known for its small and cute temple complex, dedicated to Lord Siva and locally […]

Tags Kaliyapatti, Malayadipatti, Muttaraiya Temples, Muttaraiyas, Parantaka Chola I, Parantaka I, Pure Nagara Vimana, Sculptures, Small Shrine, T.Kizhaiyur, Temple Architecture, Visalur

Structural Temples

SMALL IS ALWAYS CUTE!

The vimana of Vasugiswaramudaiyar at Visalur is one of my favourite vimana, a charming one, for me it’s a perfect blend of architecture in petite. Usually, vimana of presiding deity are of reasonable size or even colossal to accentuate its prime-ness in the complex. However, the vimana of Vasugiswaramudaiyar, though it is of the principal […]

Tags Muttaraiya Temples, Muttaraiyas, Pudukkottai, Temples, Vasugiswaramudaiyar, Visalur