The great ponniyin selvan story begins in this village, this village encircled by a shivalayam called Amirthakadeshwarar. named because of a drop that turned in to a sivalingam when vinayaga's hiding the Amirtha kalasa in the boologam. its situated near 6km from kattumannarkoil-cuddalore dist.This temple built by the King Kulothunga I in 1110AD . this temple was noted as karakoil in appar devaram so called because the temple is like a chariot like structure. two horses pullin the huge moolasthanam. Its a structural and sculptural beautiful temple. Famous miniature sculptures us. This temple takes its 900th year in2010, in this Aani tamil month we desided to start the renovation, encourage us and welcome to kadamur now called Melakadambur. visit [[kadamburtemple.blogspot.com]]
Where as Rajaraja and Rajendra have taken up the construction of a grand temple with a New Moola Murti, the later Kings have chosen an existing temple and renovated as a Master piece.
Like Darasuram, Tirubhuvanai, Kadamburetc.
I am not too sure about this and request members to clarify on this.
There is one stone chariot at Hampi, Vitthala temple, attachedare two photographs of this chariot which I took some 4 years back. I haven't yet compiled my Hampi collection as I need to visit this town again for a thorough work on temples. -Saurabh
Hi, Via web, I got to know that Valluvar Kottam temple at Chennai is also chariot shaped. May some confirm this and about when this was constructed so that I can add this in my intinerary. -Saurabh
slight difference - i think the chariot is commonly used to denote both the ratham and ther - the temples we are talking off are ratha while the Valluvar kottam structure is a ther