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 61 - Tiruvitankurs of Venad
This chapter describes Tiruvitankurs of Venad located on page 339 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]
Narayana Panicker, he was a dependent of Sangramadhira Ravi Varma, the Venad king who ruled from Kollam in the beginning of the 14th C. AD. Vadakkumkur agrees with this. Ullur makes him one of the dependents of the Venad royalty. It is difficult to say which particular ruler of Venad was his patron. N. Raghavan Nambiar recorded then the author of the Lilatilaka was one Bhattatiri of the Mampula home....
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Triveni Journal
The rulers of Venad, the then Travancore, have not acquired much power and the nobles of the land known as Ettuvittil Pillamar are plotting the downfall of Vanchipala Aditya Varma and usurp the throne, but the chief obstacle in their way is the young and able minister Ravi Varma Thampan. The King s beautiful daughter Kalyani loves the minister who reciprocates her love....
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Pallava period (Social and Cultural History) [by S. Krishnamurthy]
Champakalakshmi opines that the Panchavira cult entered into this region through some early migration of Yadavas from the north, from whom the Ay chieftains of Venad and some Velir chieftains of the Sangam age claim to have descended. The alvars of this period refer to two individual temples dedicated to the Trivikrama form of Vishnu, which can be satisfactorily identified with the Ulagalandaperumal temple at Kanchipuram and Trivikrama temple at Tirukkoyilur....
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