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Indra’s Ratha in Melakkadambur, a Chola Masterpiece

Figure 14. Shri Mihiraruneshvara temple in Tirumiyachchur.
Northern devakoshtha flanked by pilasters, with Brahma, lintel and makaratorana.
This temple is a Gajaprishtha or Elephant-back shrine.

Granite.
Between 990 and 1000 CE.
Photo by Raja Deekshithar, 27 July 2004.



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