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 Sarkar Periyapalayam
In Sarkar Periyapalayam in the Erode Taluk of the Coimbatore district, there are two temples: (1) Sugrisvara temple and (ii) Varadaraja Perumal temple. The former belongs to the post-Chola period. The Varadaraja Perumal temple was called in the past, according to inscriptions on its walls, Vikrama-chola-vinnagaram.
Varadaraja Perumal temple (Vikrama-chola-vinnagaram)
From one erf the two inscriptions in the latter temple, found on the west and south walls and partly damaged, belonging to the reign of Tribhuvana Chakravartin Konerinmaikondan, who should be none other than Vikrama Chola, and the only dated one (14th year), we find that a Vishnu temple called Vikrama Chola Vinnagar, named after the Chola emperor, was set up in his time in the (presumably) newly-established village of Vikrama Chola chaturvedimangalam, also named after him (ARE 317 of 1908). Another inscription, found on the west wall, mentions the name of the deity as Perumal Varadarasar in Mugandanur (ARE 316 of 1908). This place and the temple may be taken to have been named after the Chola king Vikrama Chola.