Image title: Temple of Sri Alanturaiyar

Fig. 1. Chapter 63
Temple of Sri Alanturaiyar
(KiLappaLuvur, taluk of Utaiyarpalayam)
Penance of Uma on a point in the middle of the flames

Original transliteration: Temple of Śrī Ālanturaiyār

Gallery information:

These plates originate from the book The Shaivite legends of Kanchipuram (original title: “Les légendes çivaïtes de Kāñcipuram”) which details the story and legends of the Kanchipuranam: a book that presents Kanchipuram as an important seat of Hinduism where Vaishnavism and Shaivism which have seemingly co-existed since ancient times.