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Photo Gallery (click images for enlarged view) |
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| Window patterns on the pillar (Grill work) | Elephant with Yali (extinct animal) on the pillar | ||||
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| Sculpture on Amman shrine pillar | Sculpture on Maratta Mandapam pillar | ||||
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| Murugan shrine Ornamental pillar | View of entrance gopuram from Maratta Mandapam | Maratta Mandapam Sculptures (a rishi with horse legs) | |||
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| Corridor on the left of Sri Vimana housed with many Shiva Lingas, one can see the nandhi in front of Linga | |||||
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| Alternating sequence of Lion, yali with Warriors emerging from their mouth | Four snakes sculpture work found on the terrace of Murugan shrine | Ornamental work found on the pillar of Murugan shrine shows the beauty of Nayaks Art | |||
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| Murugan shrine Mandapam | Mock of wood like structure engraved on the roof made up of granite, many pieces assembled to form this structure exhibits the Chola's architectural intricacies and the detail of their work. | ||||
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| Vishnu Durgai Amman on the Murugan shrine wall | Varuna Bhagavan sannathi on the corridor | Beautiful view of Komugavasal in the Murugan shrine praharam | |||
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| Sequence of sculptures on the wall | Visitor gazing Sri Vimana | ||||
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| Paintings (courtesy Archelogical survey of India) | |||||
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| View of Rajarajan gopuram and Keralaanthakan gopuram from 1st stage of Sri Vimana | View of Sri Vimana from terrace | ||||