The four muskeeters
the wood worn out in the ceiling below the kalasams
2 dancers sculpture seen in artha mandapa
former CM's announcement for funding renovation - disgrace 1
present TN C.M. proclaiming that with his 'blessings' renovation to start off.. but never happened..
paintings inside the tower
tower's top completion, se the equisite wood work
tower having idols made of limestone and brick
front entrance with elephants' motiff
the entrance
dilapidated wooden sculpture in the first storey of the tower(inside)
a honey collector's wooden sculpture!
dancing hill tribal
paintings inside the tower - nandiyambadhi shiva
paintings inside the tower -shiva parvathi on bull
vishnu
paintings inside the tower -karthikeya's soora samharam
paintings inside the tower -shiva parvathi
paintings inside the tower -krishna
paintings inside the tower - see the dresses
paintings inside the tower -nataraja
the yazhi face facing outside atop the tower, a bird's eye view( see lime brick work!)
the temple's bird's eye view from top
paintings inside the tower - hsitory of common men, miracles that happened...
paintings inside the tower - ramayana
paintings inside the tower -wrestling
notice the colors still seen in one of the lime mortar sculptire on the outer periphery of the tower. Koorma avathar of Vishnu
one of the kings who built the temple
veeramarthanda verma another king who patronized this Kalakkad temple
mohini sculpture seen at the entrance of the front mandap
front mandap
yazhi
paitnings at the ceiling, cornices
swan hug, spoilt by the electric wiring running across
Dakshinamoorthy seen rarely with 4 rishis sitting around
