Dear Friends, Though most of you would be well aware about the antiquities of Thirumayam town, however I hope that my article would refresh those memory of yours about this marvelous town. few interesting points found during searching about Thirumayam are listed below for your attention:
1. Debate on who started cave temple tradition in Tamilnadu, Pandya or Pallava? 2. Settlement of a long standing feud between the Vaishnavas and the Shavias executed at Thirumayam. 3. Dvarapalaka, is it a portrait sculpture or representation of parasu of Shiva? 4. Hoysala influence at Thirumayam
Nice write up Saurabh. Incentive to visit the temples again. The octagonal temple tank is special to the vishnu temple and can be seen in the google earth image. Sampath