The Colas c35.18

c35.18

pilasters on the walls are typically Cōḷa, but the corbels though with an angular profile bear the Pallava roll-ornament with a hollow moulding (in place of the roll at its lower angle or bend), and further up above the cornice there runs a frieze of rampant *yāḷis* with projecting *makara* heads at the corners. There is a frieze of *gaṇas* below the cornice. The seven sub-shrines, miniatures of the main shrine, abut the surrounding wall (*tirumadil*), and enshrine Sūrya; the Saptamātṛkas (seven mothers) in a row with Gaṇeśa and Vīrabhadra at either end (this shrine has necessarily a wagon-top roof with a row of finials); and then in *pradakṣiṇa* order, Gaṇeśa, Subrahmaṇya, Jyeṣṭhā, Candra and Caṇḍikeśvara. There is a small *gōpura* over the front gateway of this very complete early Cōḷa temple extant.