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| Keywords: Perur 1.jpg en Print from an album of 44 albumen prints showing a carved pillar at the Pattiswaraswami temple at Perur near Coimbatore taken by Edmund David Lyon around 1868 The temple is believed to date from the Chola period and is attributed to Karikala Chola 2nd century AD but most of it was completed in later centuries This is one of the Tandavasthalas or Dancehalls of Shiva and has a gold-plated statue of Shiva as Nataraja the Lord of the Dance Lyon's 'Notes to Accompany a Series of Photographs Prepared to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India' Marion Co London 1870 edited by James Fergusson explains that this photograph is of ' the fourth Pillar on the left side of the centre aisle It represents Shiva in the act of destroying one of the sons of Kasimuni the enemy of mankind by spearing him in the eye' 2011-10-15 Lyon's 'Notes to Accompany a Series of Photographs Prepared to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Southern India' Marion Co London 1870 Copied the file from http //ta wikipedia org/wiki/ E0 AE AA E0 AE 9F E0 AE BF E0 AE AE E0 AE AE E0 AF 8D Perur_1 jpg Edmund David Lyon PD-old Uploaded with UploadWizard Perur Pateeswarar Temple | ||||
