The
vimana of Sundareswarar, called Indira Vimana, is unique. supported by
sculptures of eight massive elephants, called ashtadigh gajas, standing
and facing in eight different directions. One of them is Iravatham, the
elephant-vehicle of Indra. “No other temple in Tamil Nadu has this type
of architecture, where ashtadigh gajas are supporting the vimana said
K. Sridharan, retired Superintending Archaeologist, Tamil Nadu
Archaeology Department. The Indra Vimana was built by Viswanathan Nayak
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