Ilango Mutharaiyar
Ilango Mutharaiyar or Ko Ilango Mutharaiyar , also known as Videl Vidugu Ilangovathi Mutharaiyan, was the last ruler of the Mutharaiyar dynasty (610 AD-851 AD).[1][2]
Temples
[edit]Vijayalaya choleeswaram
Narthamalai is 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Trichy on the Pudukkottai - Trichy Highway. There can be seen one of the oldest rock-cut temples built by Ilango Mutharaiyar, which was later rebuilt by Vijayalaya Chola, known as Vijayalaya Choleeswaram. The temple is dedicated to Shiva. There are also two rock-cut caves, one of which has 12 life-size sculptures of Vishnu. The temple is maintained and administered by the Archaeological Survey of India as a protected monument.
Original history therinthal sollavum... Thalmai udan ketu kolgiren. As a historian ah solren after seeing this website mana aluthin karathinal valkaiye veruthuviten.
Keezhathaniyam temple
[edit]Mutharaiyar was responsible for the construction of a temple at Keezhathaniyam, about 29 kilometres (18 mi) from Pudukkottai. Known as Uthamadhaneeswarar, it is dedicated to Shiva.[3][1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "PILC Journal of Dravidic Studies: PJDS". 12. 2002: 94.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Brihadisvara Temple: A King's Glory in Stone". Live History India. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ "9th century temple gets facelift". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
