Moovar Koil ~ Kodumbalur / Near Pudukkottai
Moover Koil, is a Hindu temple, found as the monument of the great architectural residual portions of early Chola period, in between the end of 9th century, and the beginning of the 10th century. Now it's under the control of Indian Archaeology. It is situated in Kodumbalur village, near Pudukkottai district, of Tamil Nadu, India, on the bus route of Pudukkottai to Manaparai.
Moover Koil, is well known, for its beautiful sculptures, of early chola period. In 1908, the chief epigraphist, to the Government of India, Venkaiah, had discovered the Sanskrit inscriptions, in grantha script, found on the walls, of this temple in Kodumbalur. This inscription asserts the construction of three vimanas, and a monastery, for the Kala mukha ascetics, by the king Buthi Vikrama kesarie.
The genealogy of the king's family, has been given at the beginning of this inscription, which bears the names of his two wives, and his two sons. This inscription also reveals, that there had been the existence of trade guild, in that area on that period. The first man, who had published this inscription, as in fragment, was S Radha Krishna Iyer. He had given it, as translated form, in his 'History of Pudukkottai state'. But the full version had been published in 'Inscriptions of the Pudukkottai state'.
These inscriptions reveal so much of interesting debate, and excitement, about the temple structure, and its origin. It had been stated that, originally, there had been constructed three temples, but now, two of them have been standing in a dilapidated condition. This temple structure reveals that, it could have been included with Maha mandapam, Nandha mandapam, towers, 16 subordinate shrines, surrounding wall, and a step well, behind the temple.
The king Buthi Vikrama keysarie, who had built this temple,had been the chieftain of, Irukku vel, belonged to Kodumbalur clan, who were the political allies of the cholas for a long time. Particularly this king was the contemporary of Sundara chola, who had been the father of, the great emperor Raja Raja chola.
Chola sculptures, with their stark simplicity, have a charm of their own. No excessive embellishments, no overload of detail, and yet the images, remain in your mind, long after you have left the temple. Perhaps less is more.
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1. All the photos are original taken with Nikon SLR D3100.
2. Place of photo session - Moover koil, Kodumbalur, near Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India.
3. Date of photo session - 20-06-2014.
4. Conversion of photos into movie clip - By MemoriesOnTV3.
5. Output file - Mpg video file
6. HD conversion - From Mpg to F4v.
7. Conversion of Text into Speech - By NaturalReader.
8. Background music - YouTube's free audio library in which 'Angelic_Happiness'.
9. All the contents are cent percent original.
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Selvaganapathy S