Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture - North and South India
author: Michael W. Meister
edition: 1986, American Institute of Indian Studies
pages: 6147
Topic: History
Chapter 14 - Ceras of Mahodayapuram, Musakas of Kolam, and Ays of Vilinam
This chapter describes Ceras of Mahodayapuram, Musakas of Kolam, and Ays of Vilinam located on page 265 in the book Encyclopaedia of Indian Temple Architecture (North and South India) compiled by Michael W. Meister, George Michell and M. A. Dhaky. These books deal with Indian temples from the early centuries. South India developed the Dravidian style while North India expressed symbolic experimentation of the divine manifestation.
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Sanskrit sources of Kerala history [by Suma Parappattoli]
Janamani Following Vikramarama Janamani who was most probably his nephew occupied the Musaka throne. He is described as a great ruler with a bias to the well-behaved. He had also performed many sacrifices which earned for him much merit. Sankhavarman Next in the line of succession was Sankhavarman probably the nephew of his predecessor Jayamani Sankhavarman was followed by Jayamani who ruled over Kolam or Musaka country for a long time. His was a glorious rule....
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Triveni Journal
An article on the kolam of south India in the Madras Mail Annual of 1925 gave an excellent idea of that particular variation. The two examples of the same art here given are from Orissa. Some alpanas, with their massiveness and energy, make an interesting comparison with the thinner and more geometrically linear art of the South. There is a difference also in their technique....
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Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) [by S. Krishnamurthy]
D. , onwards, under the patronage of the Pallavas, the early Pandyas and contemporary minor dynasties like the Muttariyars, the Atiyamans, the Irukkuvels, the Paluvettariyars, the Ays and the Ceras, there ushered in a great era of temple building activity, by using for the first time stone as the raw material. The temples built by all these ruling dynasties is a repository of sculptural art, inspiring from various religious, natural and secular themes. (* 1) K. R....
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