The Colas c35.s2.16

c35.s2.16

51. Tirukkarrali-piccan (the mad man of the stone temple) is a title rather than a name, and was borne later by Parāntakan Śiriya-vēḷār, the general of Parāntaka II (291 of 1908), and Ārūran Kamban of Tirumaṇañjēri (A.D. 991, No. 9 of 1914). Other portraits in Tiruvā-ḍutuṟai, similar to that of Piccan, are that of Ambalavan Tiruviśalūran Tirunāvukkaraiyan (133 of 1925) and some others of less certain date (106 and 141 of 1925). See *SII.* iii, plate xi for images (artistically not important now) of Gaṇḍarāditya worshipping the deity of Tirunallam-uḍaiyār at Kōnērirājapuram (Tanjore district), built by his queen Śem-biyan-mahādēvi (*SII.* iii, Nos. 146 and 147 = 450 of 1908 and 626 of 1909); the king's head-dress, simple and elegant, with strings of pearls, and his ornaments on the arms, neck, and chest, in a way recall the similar decoration of the so-called *Cōḷa-pratima* of the Bhōganandīśvara temple in Nandi (*MAR.* 1914 and 1915), which is a good example of the type of idealised portrait mentioned above in the text.