The Colas c23.63

c23.63

Besides constructing this fine temple, the king claims to have erected the *mukha-maṇḍapa* of Sabhāpati, the *gopura* of goddess Girīndrajā (Śivakāmi) and the verandah round the enclosure (*prākāra harmya*) in the temple at Cidambaram; he also improved the temples of Ēkāmrēśvara at Kāñcīpuram and of Hālāhalāsya at Madura; the great Śiva temples at Tiruviḍaimarudūr and Tiruvārūr besides the Rājarajēśvara temple, perhaps of Dārāśuram, were the recipients of the king's devoted attention. At Tiruvārūr, he built the *sabhāmaṇḍapa* and the big *gōpura* of Valmīkēśvara.