The Colas c35.28

c35.28

Sundara Cōḷa built by Bhūti Vikramakēsari,²⁵ only two members survive (IV, fig. 7). Excavation has revealed that the *vimāna-trayam* together with the surrounding subshrines was placed within a large enclosure with a gateway on the west (see plan). Of the three central shrines each 21 feet square and standing on a north-south line at intervals of about 10 feet, all facing west, the middle and south *vimānas* are intact, but only the basement of the northern one. Each had an *ardhamaṇḍapa* of 18 feet square of which all but the plinth has gone. At a distance of 8 feet from this, and common to all the three, was a *mahāmaṇḍapa* 91 feet by 41 feet, in front of which at a distance of 1 foot 9 inches in the centre was a small *nandi* shrine (11' 3" square); midway between the *nandi*