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Uthamadhaneeswarar temple believed to have been built by Ilango Mutharaiyar - Keezhathaniyam

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]Template:Qn.

Temples

Vijayalaya choleeswaram

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Vijayala choleeswaram built by Ilango Mutharaiyar 825 AD

Narthamalai is Template:Convert 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.

Keezhathaniyam temple

Mutharaiyar was responsible for the construction of a temple at Keezhathaniyam, about Template:Convert from Pudukkottai. Known as Uthamadhaneeswarar, it is dedicated to Shiva.[2]

See also

References

  1. PILC Journal of Dravidic Studies: PJDS.,({Template:Date).
  2. 9th century temple gets facelift. The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-03-20.