The Colas c35.53

c35.53

Separated from the axial group and in front of it to the north is another shrine of Pārvatī, locally known as Devanāyaki (X, fig. 18). Essentially the same as the main temple in many ways, its *vimāna* has two *talas*, its niches carry *dēvī* images, and it exhibits features which place it among the *tirukkāmakkōṭṭams* of a slightly later epoch; it was perhaps erected by Kulōttunga III. The outer *gōpura* is now in ruins; its empty niches bear inscriptions indicating that they once contained icons of the thirty-six gods and goddesses named;⁴⁴ the inner *gōpura* survives and has two *talas*.