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Shiva's karanas in Thiruvadigai; Kailasha and the home of Tripurankata

Fig. 16: East gopuram Veerateshvara temple, Thiruvadigai, inner passage, relief of a king or chieftain offering worship. Probabaly the donor who constructed this gopuram.
Granite
Veerateshvara temple, Thiruvadigai
Nayaka dynasty, 16th century
Appx. 150 cm

January 2005, Raja Deekshithar, Liesbeth Pankaja Bennink.