Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017

ARCHITECTURE OF THIRUTHALINATHAR TEMPLE IN TIRUPPATHUR-A HISTORICAL STUDY

Dr. R. Selvaraju

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 The study Temple is one of the 14 sacred Lord Siva Shrine in Pandya Kingdom. Thirunavukkarasar, the famous saivite saints has mentioned about the temple of Tirupputhur in his song on “Tirupputhur Thiruthaliyan kan” and Arunagirinathar has described the temple as “Thirupputhuri Maruviyurai tharu perumale”. It is believed that the study temple is constructed by the Ramand sethupathy during the period of 1711-1725 A.D. The study temple has three prakaras and rajakoburam. The hoysalas and Muslims damaged the gopurams. The main objective of the study is to highlight the architecture of the Thiruthalinathar temple of Tiruppathur

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Dr.R. Selvaraju, ARCHITECTURE OF THIRUTHALINATHAR TEMPLE IN TIRUPPATHUR-A HISTORICAL STUDY, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-4, April‾2017

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