The Colas c35.26

c35.26

Among other clearly dated temples of this period which cannot be studied in any detail may be named the Mucukundeśvara of Koḍumbāḷūr (c. 912), the twin shrines of the Cōḷeśvara group at Mēlappaḻavūr (Trichinopoly),¹⁹ the Bhaktajaneśvara of Tirunāmanallūr (S. Arcot),²⁰ the Vaṭatīrthanātha of Aṇḍanallūr (Trichinopoly),²¹ and the Kadambavanēśvara of Erumbūr (S. Arcot).²² In the last named temple built in 935 we find the Aruṇācaleśvara form of Śiva in the western niche of the sanctum in the place of the usual Viṣṇu, Ardhanārī, or Liṅgōdbhava. The Naltuṇai Īśvaram of Puñjai of the time of Āditya II should also be mentioned.²³