Famous Temples in India

Architecture

Kodanda Rameswara Swamy temple is also known as Adityaswara swamy temple. Kodanda Rameswara Swamy temple is facing towards East direction. The temple is surrounded by a prakara pierced with a Gopuram on the East direction. The sikhara is also four sided and belongs to Nagara order. On its top are a beautiful chamfered border and a double lotus with a kalasa in the centre.

In the devakosthas the images of Ganapati and Dakshinamurti in the southern wall, Vishnu on the west wall, Brahma and Durga on the North wall are housed. The walls are plain and the devakasthas are of slit type without framing pilasters. However, a simple kapota moulding tops the devakoshta and affords shade to it. The slit type of niches on the outerwalls are empty. An inscription dated in the 34 year (A.D. 940-41) of the region of Parantaka I (engraved on the base of central shrine) refers to the temple as a sepulchral shrine (Pallipadai) and registers an endowment of gold in the name of Vagisvara Pandita Bhataras.

Another inscription dated in the same year records a gift of gold for feeding 1000 Brahmins on certain festive occasion and mentions the temple of Kondandarama. Nandi mandapa contains four pillars with a Nandi in the center. The corbels of the pillars are cut at 45 degrees leaving a central segment of the vertical section. In front of the main shrine is a narrow porch with Chola capitals protruding from the top of the walls on either side of the entrance. The body of the temple upto the roof is built of granite stone, while the superstructure, except the sikhara is of brick and mortar. Inside the Garbhagriha is a black Granite Linga.