Later Chola Temples
by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam | 1979 | 143,852 words
This volume of Chola Temples covers Kulottunga I to Rajendra III in the timeframe A.D. 1070-1280. 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 Tiruvanaikka
With the establishment of his (secondary) capital at Kannanur, Vira Somesvara converted the Srirangam island and the area around it into a veritable citadel, and in addition embarked upon a temple-building activity that, for the short span of time that the Hoysalas were there, should be termed profuse.
1) Vallalisvaram
Vallalisvaram, the first of the two temples built in the northern suburb of Tiruvanaikka, was in memory of his grandfather (Pratapachakravartin Vishnuvardhana) Vira Ballaladeva II who ruled from his capital of Hallavura alias Vijavasamudra (Hadagalli taluk of Bellary district).
2) Padumalisvaram
His queen Padumaladevi also joined her husband in ruling the kingdom, and from a record at the old capital, we learn that she ruled at Hose Hadangili (ARE 495 of 1914). In the name of this grandmother, Somesvara built the other temple, the Padumalisvaram.