Shiva and Nandi. Speciality is that in the temples built by Mutharayar, we get lateral view of the Nandi, and not the back.
Lingodhbhava, kept facing west always. Shows lord shiva taking the form of pillar of flame and extending from sky to earth and Lord vishnu and Brahma trying to see the foot and head.
Podhigai (போதிகை) - It is based on the design on this, the age of temple is easily calculated.
Nandi facing west, and we see the lateral view, something unique to Mutharayar architecture.
Dr.V explaining the rock cut temple architecture. Note the three colums, that are of equal width. Said that it is unique to rock cut temples.
Some inscription in wall. Had a few recognizable tamil words.
Indiran (Moon) and Chandiran (Sun) statues near Nandi.
Dwarabalakas, depicted with four hands later in history. Before the practice was to show two hands.
Lingodhbhava - Take a closer look at the swan and the boar.
Idol of brahma
A vishnu statue, Dr.V explaining some details.
Dr.V explainted that the body of the statues mostly resemble the head of the cow. The statue's beauty lies in how well it is depicted.
About musical pillars
Took this to show how people mindlessly destroy the beauty by writing names and phone numbers.
Hindu temples borrow a lot from Buddhist architecture. One such example, where the statue resembles Buddha.
Rock cut shiva temple built by Pandiyas in Kundrakudi. Had never seen this.
The pillars are unique to rock cut temples. They always have three equal columns, cut as square in the top and bottom and hexagon in the middle.
The pillars are unique to rock cut temples. They always have three equal columns, cut as square in the top and bottom and hexagon in the middle
Taken to show the the Podhigai.
Statue shows someone with Garudan. But looks like the someone is still under question.
saptha maathirikaas.
Could manage only this with the cell phone light
