The Colas c35.22
The Cōḷas c35.22
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c35.22
The peristylar subshrines, already mentioned, are another essential feature of the Cōḷa temple-complex. An inscription in the Śiva temple of Erumbūr (S. Arcot)¹² counts eight subshrines including that of Nandi in front of the main shrine. The deities occupying the subshrines and the positions they take in relation to the main shrine vary in different instances, and the inscriptions often give full details regarding each temple. We need not stop to reproduce them here as some idea has been given in the account of individual temples.