Temples of Munnur (Historical Study)
by R. Muthuraman | 2016 | 67,784 words
This essay represents a historical study of the Temples in and around Munnur, situated in the Dakshina Kannada district in the state Karnataka (India). Munnur is regarded as an important religious city for the followers of both Shaivism and Vaishnavism. The ancient history of Munnur traces to the reign of the Chola, from whom the city derives it's ...
Nataraja sabha
A beautiful shrine for Lord Nataraja (Natana Sabha) is facing south. It is the beautiful shrine for Lord Nataraja (Natana Sabha). The shrine faces south. This mandapa has a cell and porch approached by a flight of steps on the south side decorated with balustrades. To the north west of the inner prakara is the Nataraja sabha. It is rectangular on plan facing south. Its entrance has a flight of steps decorated with balustrades. The adhistana of it consists of four stepped upana, Tripatta Kumuda, Kanta, Pattigai and jagati in the form of padma of a Tripatta kumuda and two rows old kanthas interspersed by a kapota moulding carrying kudu arches. The wall raises above the adhistana contains two niches without any sculpture one on either side of the entrance. At present the bronoze images of Nataraja, Sivagami and Manikavasaka were placed.