The Colas c35.s2.18

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Some stone portraits, not well preserved, are: (1) a king and queen worshipping a *liṅga* in the Śiva temple of Tiruviśalūr (Tanjore district) below which is a record of the *tulābhāra* and *hiraṇyagarbha* performed there respectively by Rājarāja and his queen Lōkamahādēvi (42 of 1907, *EI.* xii, p. 121, n. 2); (2) a king or noble seated cross-legged on the floor and worshipping a *liṅga* in a ruined Śiva temple at Olagapuram (S. Arcot)—129 of 1919; (3) Anantaśiva worshipping a *liṅga* in a *maṇḍapa* built by him in the temple of Tiruviśalūr (T. G. Ara-vamudan, Portrait Sculpture, fig. 10); and (4) Kundavai dancing before Śiva in the temple built by her at Dādāpuram (S. Arcot)—17 of 1919.