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 Mannargudi
Kailasanathasvamin temple
We have dealt briefly in Middle Chola Temples (pp. 358-9) with the temple of Kailasanathasvamin built during the days of Rajadhiraja I at Mannargudi (the headquarters of the taluk of the same name, in the Tanjavur district).
Amman (Tiruk-kamak-kottam Udaiya Periya Nachchiyar) shrine
A local inscription (ARE 97 of 1907) records the setting up of the shrine of the goddess (Tiruk-kamak-kottam Udaiya Periya Nachchiyar), and a gift of land to it for offerings and repairs, by the Mahapradhanar (Prime Minister and General) Kampaya Dandanayaka of the Hoysala ruler Vira Somesvara in the 26th year of that king. This would fall in the reign of Rajendra III. This Amman shrine was thus built by the Hoysala general in about a.D. 1260 when the Cholas were still in power though in a very attenuated manner, and very often there was loose joint control over the various parts of the empire by both the Cholas and the Hoysalas.