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 Neyyadippakkam
Neyyadippakkam is a village in the Chingleput taluk, where there is a temple built during the Later Chola period.
Amman shrine
From an inscription dated in the 27th year of Rajaraja III found in this temple, it is learnt that one Igaiyamandal belonging to the village of Naiyadarpakkam (which was the ancient name of the present-day village of Neyyadippakkam) constructed a temple in stone in this village and that Kottattal Perumal Igaiyamandal gave a bell and an incense-burner (dhupa) for the worship of the Goddess. Thus this temple came into being (by a.d. 1243) in the closing years of Rajaraja Ill’s rule (ARE 262 of 1922).