Temples in Rajendrasolagan

The village of Rajendrasolagan is situated in the Chidambaram taluk of the South Arcot district and is not far from Chidambaram, the taluk headquarters, and close to Viranallur and Melak-kadambur, the site of the chariot-type temple dedicated to Amritaghatesvara.

Somanathesvara temple (Kulottungasolisvaram Udaiyar)

At Rajendrasolagan there is a temple now called that of Somanathesvara. On the walls of this temple, there are two inscriptions, both relating to Kulottunga I, one dated in his 18th year and the other without a date, from which we get the name of the deity of the temple as Kulottungasolisvaram Udaiyar. The former inscription is a record of a gift of land to this deity and the latter registers a gift of land in Bhupendrasolanallur, to the local temple, making it tax-free. There is again an undated record of Kulottunga III found in four fragments on the tiers of the temple which refers to the division of lands of a certain temple and to the incorporation of a portion of it with another, by the members of the mahasabha. Since all these inscriptions are found in fragments built into the tiers of the temple, it would appear that the temple was renovated at a subsequent unknown date.