South India and her Muhammadan Invaders c11.33

c11.33

Hence at the time it must have been one of the richest temples in this part of the country. The name Brahmastpuri is apparently the slightly modified Brahmapuri, which is the sacerdotal (āgamic) name given to Chidambaram as a whole in Śaiva literature. There is one temple dedicated to Śiva, which goes by the specific name Brahmapuri, and the name of the deity itself is Brahmapurīśvara, and is known ordinarily as Tirukkaḷanchēri, the northern part of Chidambaram, and this particular temple received a gift of 1,100 gold pieces annually for certain festivals, etc., from Kulottunga III.² Hence there is little doubt that the Brahmastpuri of Amir Khusru is Chidambaram.