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
Very little is known about this temple; possibly it was erected in the time of Vira Ramanatha, as the king figuring in the relevant record assumes the title of Rajakkal-nayan.
Prasannisvaram
On the gopuram of the Rajarajesvara temple at Jambukesvaram is a record of Pratapachakravartin Vira Ramanatha of doubtful date mentioning a gift of land by a servant of Nagala Mahadevi to the shrine of Prasannisvaram Udaiyar alias Rajakkal-nayanar situated on the western side of the temple of Tiruvanaikka Udaiyar. The signature (Malaparoluganda)of the king is given at the end of the record (ARE 92 of 1910). (All records of Somesvara also contain at the end the sign manual of the family, viz., Malaparoluganda engraved in Kannada characters).