A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c21.86

c21.86

The Chola style continued to flourish for a century longer and expressed itself in a very large number of temples all of which cannot be mentioned here. But two large temples deserve particular mention as being almost worthy of comparison with the two largest specimens described above. They are the temple of Airāvateśvara at Dārāsuram (Tanjore district), a magnificent structure typical of the stage of architectural development reached in the age of Rājarāja II, and the Kampahareśvara at Tribhuvanam near Kumbakonam which has survived intact as built by Kulottunga III though with a few later accretions by way of subsidiary structures. The architecture and sculpture of both these temples have many features in common with those of their predecessors.