Sculptures around the 100 Pillars Main Mandapam (click all images for enlarged view)
Ardhanareeswarar with three faces and eight arms an unique sculpture	Ardhanareeswarar	Nagaraja
Shiva on sitting pose (bow & arrow on a pair of hands, shield and sword on other pair of hands)		Dancing Marthanda Bhairavar or Aghora Veerabhathirar with three heads and four  hands

100 Pillars in Main Mandapam (Nuru Kaal Mandapamam)

There are five stages in the pillars and four sides - each side has panel depicting the mythological scene from Kandhapuranam and marriage of Siva with Parvathi and Subramanian with Valli. There are numerous miniature sculptures with immense clarity and sharpness of the size 1 inch. The Nagabandha (two snakes ), garland decorate the pillars.

Pillar with beautiful niches housing miniature sculpture	Dancing women	Siva with Nandi	Pillars and Ceiling housed with numerous miniature sculptures
Shiva with Nandi - standing pose	Niches with miniature Ganapathy and women in standing poses	Dancing women beautifully framed on circular ornamental frames	Acid cleaning the pillars to remove the oil dirt (courtesy of Archeological survey of India)