Image title: Temple of Sri Pattisvarar (Patti-isvara)

Fig. 1. Chapter 63
Temple of Sri Pattisvarar (Patti-isvara)
(Tirucaktimuttam, taluk of Kumbakonam)
Uma kissing the linkam (linga)

Original transliteration: Temple of Śrī Paṭṭīśvarar

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.