Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

STRUCTURE OF THE CAR OF SRI SOMANATHER TEMPLE ATTUR - A STUDY

Dr. K. Karuppaiah

Abstract :

The aim of this article is to describe the structure of car of Sri Somanather temple at Attur of Tamil Nadu. A car is a group of wood carved monument noted for its structural and iconographical excellence. It was not just a monument of architectural and iconographical excellence but an institution which was deep–rooted in the socio–economic and religious tradition of the society. As an institution, it acquired a multi–dimensional character encompassing the entire faic of the Attur society in the medieval period. The temple car seems to be a Cakadai or Cattattēr Tervidi (car street) also figures prominently in the Twin Epics which stands for the street in which temple car procession moves. 

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Dr. K. KARUPPAIAH, STRUCTURE OF THE CAR OF SRI SOMANATHER TEMPLE ATTUR‾A STUDY, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-4 | April-2018

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