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 Jambukesvaram
Tyagavinodisvaram
Another record from Jambukesvaram found on the north wall of the third prakara of the Jambukesvarasvamin temple, dated in the 22nd year of Vira Somesvara (beginning with the introduction Samastabhuvanasraya) mentions that one Kalvakkur Tyagapperumal of Posala Vira Narasimha chaturvedimangalam built a shrine for ‘Tyagavinodisvaram Udaiyar’ in the third prakara of the Jambukesvarasvamin temple and bought land belonging to the temple for 40,000 kasus and endowed the same for worship and offerings in the shrine. Incidental mention is also made of his gifting a tiruvasi (aureole) for Chandesvara (ARE 118 of 1936-37).