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Ganapathy shrine |
A small temple located on the southwest corner of the courtyard built by Maratta ruler Serfoji-II on the late 18th century. The outer walls of this shrine have Maratta epigraphs.
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Subramanian shrine |
The Subramanian shrine is located on the north-west of the Brihadisvara temple, constructed during 16th century A.D. by Sevappa Nayakkar period. This shrine houses many beautiful sculptures and miniature sculptures. The outer boarders are decorated by flowers with minute details so that the gaps are visible and even a thin stick can pass through as shown in the one of the images below.
The Dawarabalas are exceptionally beautiful and one has to stop for a while to gaze the beauty of these two replicas of Nayakkars sculpture work. The Gomuga vasal the Abishegam outlet from the Mulasthana is decorated and marvelous, the image of the gomuga vasal shown is the collection below.
If one sees the Brihadisvara temple's Sri Vimana construction as Architecture marvel then one has to agree that Subramanian shrine is an example of Sculptural marvel.
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