Early Chola Temples
by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam | 1960 | 105,501 words
This volume of Chola Temples covers Parantaka I to Rajaraja I in the timeframe A.D. 907-985. The Cholas of Southern India left a remarkable stamp in the history of Indian architecture and sculpture. Besides that, the Chola dynasty was a successful ruling dynasty even conquering overseas regions....
Temples in Perungudi
Agastyesvara temple (Tirupperumudi Paramesvara)
The modern Agastyesvara temple at Perungudi in the Tiruchy district was known in the past according to inscriptions as Tirupperumudi Paramesxaram.
On the north wall of the central shrine there is an inscription of the 3rd year of “Parakesarivarman who took the head of Vira Pandya” who should be identified with Aditya II. It records a gift of land for a lamp to the temple by the wife of Sembiyan Urattur-nattukkon alias MayilanTindan of Pudukkudi (392 of 1939-40).
At Kudumiyamalai (Pudukkottai-Tiruchy) there is an inscription of the 32nd year of a Parakesarivarman assignable to Parantaka I which refers to a gift of a lamp by Avantiva Kova Pa alias Mayilan Tindan of Pudukkudi. It is likely that Sembiyan of Aditya II’s record is a member of this family; perhaps the son of the donor of the Kudumiyamalai record.
In the 14th year of a Rajakesarivarman who may be Sundara Chola, the same chief Sembiyan Uratturnat-tukkon alias Mayilan Tindan makes a gift of land for various requirements of the temple.
The Agastyesvara temple should be a monument of the days of Sundara Chola and Aditya II.