Wednesday, December 16, 2015

vimana of Sundareswarar, called Indira Vimana,

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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