History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c19.s12.5

v1.c19.s12.5

It may be—indeed, probably is the case—that there are temples in the provinces that were erected before the rise of the Nâyyak dynasty, but all those in the capital, with the great temple at Srîrangam, described above, were erected or extended during the two centuries of their supremacy, and of those in the capital nine-tenths at least were erected during the long and prosperous reign of the seventh king of this dynasty, Tirumalai Nâyyak, or as he is more popularly known, Trimal Nâyyak, who reigned from 1623 to 1659.¹