The Colas c35.27

c35.27

There are several temples in the same class; passing these by, we may make particular mention of the Pudukkottah temples—Agniśvaram at Cittūr and the Mūvarkōvil of Koḍumbāḷūr. The first bears a record of the fourth year of Rājakēsari (Gaṇḍarāditya)²⁴ and must have been built about 950; here the corbel has the angular profile, the *taraṅga* ornament with the 'throating' at the bend, and also the median band; the other type of corbel is also used, and the same latitude is observed in the shape of the pilasters in the different sections of the temple. Of the 'Temple of Three' at Koḍumbāḷūr, a very fine temple-complex of the time of