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Temples Pancha Krosha Sthalams Darasuram Main Mandapam
 
Architecture of Airavatesvara Temple
Sculptures around the 100 Pillars Main Mandapam
   
Ardhanareeswarar with three faces and eight arms an unique sculpture   Ardhanareeswarar
   
Nagaraja    Dancing Marthanda Bhairavar or Aghora Veerabhathirar with three heads and four hands
   
Shiva on sitting pose (bow & arrow on a pair of hands, shield and sword on other pair of hands)

Temples Pancha Krosha Sthalams Darasuram Main Mandapam
 
Architecture of Airavatesvara Temple
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)
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