Hi Friends, Kaliyappatti is a very small village situated near Kunnandarkoil. On outskirts of this village is located an early Chola temple. Though it is in ruins now, however it would have been a majestic temple in its time. This is an example of a parivara-style temple with subsidiary shrines around the main shrine. None of the subsidiary shrines have survived except the traces of their bases.
This temple is sinking on its south-west side due to shifting sand. Its not exactly shifting sand, the ground is very soft and weight of the structure is pushing the basement into the ground.