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) |
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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