Tripura-sundari
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Tripurantaka
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Excavations conducted in a field a few hundred meters to the south of the
Aivar-koil have brought to light the basements of the garbha-griham and
ardha-mandapam of another Siva temple, and a number of idols, among which is a
lingam with broken parts of its pedestal. The most interesting of these finds is
a group of Tripurantaka-moorthi (திரிபுராந்தக மூர்த்தி), Tripura-sundari (திரிபுரசுந்தரி) and Tripura demons.
These images are now housed in the Government Museum at Chennai. These are
perhaps the finest sculpture of the region.
The nandi
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The large stone nandi, measuring 6 œ feet high, about 9 œ feet long and 10 œ
feet round the body, is comparable for artistic skill and majesty of appearance
with the nandi in the Thanjavur temple, but the latter is larger. Attempts to
remove it to Pudukkottai proved futile, and it stands now near the
Vattam-katcheri (வட்டம் கச்சேரி) not far from the road.
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