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 Tiruvamattur (3rd year)
This temple is likely to have been built before the third year of Parantaka I (a.d.910).
The temple has a square garbhagriha resting on a high plinth. The antarala connects the garbhagriha and the ardhamandapa and another the ardhamandapa and the mukhamandapa. There is a later mahamandapa.
The devakoshtas project from the main walls of the garbhagriha. Among the niche-figures, Bhikshatanar in the southern niche (ardhamandap) deserves mention. The other koshtas have the usual figures of Dakshinamurti, Lingodbhavar, Brahma and Durga.