OMG - this is not Candikeshwara - it is a Chola King - notice the Veerak Kazhal on the left legfor more detailed reading and to diff from chandikeshwara http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2010/08/26/ portrait-bronzes-of-chola-kings-a-study-from-past-references.html
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