7613 - Gajasamharamurti , Kodumbalur Moovar Temple
Moovar Koil or "The Three temples" (மூவர் கோயில், கொடும்பாளூர்) is a Hindu temple complex situated in the village of Kodumbalur, 36 kilometers from Pudukkottai in Tamil Nadu, India. These temples are believed to have been constructed by a 10th-century Chola general Boothi Vikrama Kesari. Only two of the three temples have managed to survive. The place was ruled by Irukku Velir chieftains. Kodumbalur was also the site of a fierce battle between the Pandyas and the Pallavas.
Southern wall has some interesting images. Vimana upper niche has Shiva as Gajasamharamurti where he shown tearing apart the skin of an elephant. Depicted with four hands he carries a snake in one of hand while another hand is in suchi mudra pointing downwards. Two upper hands are stretched to the maximum in act of tearing apart the skin. There is a gana standing on left side of Shiva. Hairdo of this sculpture is very interesting.
This great architectural rich temple is maintained and protected by Archaeolagical Survey of India.
This temple is really a store house of exquisite sculptures.
7613 - Gajasamharamurti , Kodumbalur Moovar Temple
Moovar Koil or "The Three temples" (மூவர் கோயில், கொடும்பாளூர்) is a Hindu temple complex situated in the village of Kodumbalur, 36 kilometers from Pudukkottai in Tamil Nadu, India. These temples are believed to have been constructed by a 10th-century Chola general Boothi Vikrama Kesari. Only two of the three temples have managed to survive. The place was ruled by Irukku Velir chieftains. Kodumbalur was also the site of a fierce battle between the Pandyas and the Pallavas.
Southern wall has some interesting images. Vimana upper niche has Shiva as Gajasamharamurti where he shown tearing apart the skin of an elephant. Depicted with four hands he carries a snake in one of hand while another hand is in suchi mudra pointing downwards. Two upper hands are stretched to the maximum in act of tearing apart the skin. There is a gana standing on left side of Shiva. Hairdo of this sculpture is very interesting.
This great architectural rich temple is maintained and protected by Archaeolagical Survey of India.
This temple is really a store house of exquisite sculptures.