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According to the chief's inscription, he built three temples in the complex one for himself and the other two for his wives, namely, Nangai
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According to historian Harle, the temple is counted among the four early extant temples of the
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or "The Three temples" is a Hindu temple complex situated in the village of
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indicates the antiquity of the temple. The feature is possibly termed
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Kaleesvarar Subramanaswamy Temple, Malayakkoyil
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Anupama and Irukkuvel chieftain Samarabirama.
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414:Madras District Gazetteers: Pudukkottai District
345:Photo take from inside the Moovar Koil Stepwell
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470:"Alphabetical List of Monuments - Tamil Nadu"
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492:"List of ticketed monuments - Tamil Nadu"
452:The Brahmapuriswara temple at Pullamangai
1183:Sri Perungaraiyadi Meenda Ayyanar Temple
1113:Meenakshi Sundaresvarar Temple, Arimalam
1093:Kathalivanesvarar Temple, Thirukkalambur
230:, Anantheswara temple in Udayarkudi and
155:. These temples were constructed by the
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1173:Sikharagiriswara Temple, Kudumiyamalai
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472:. Archaeological Survey of India. 2011
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1048:Adi Kailasanathar Temple, Perundurai
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1163:Santhanathaswamy Temple, Pudukottai
1098:Kokarneswarar Temple, Thirukokarnam
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1138:Muthumariamman Temple, Tiruvappur
1078:Jagadeesvarar Temple, Manamelkudi
521:. Sharada Pub. House. p. 65.
212:Neyyadiappar Temple, Tillaistanam
18:Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India
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908:Atmanatha Temple, Avudaiyarkoil
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282:Archaeological Survey of India
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241:, with the other three being
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265:. These temples follow the
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284:as a ticketed monument.
259:Brahmapureeswarar temple
247:Tiruchirappalli district
1238:Vijayalaya Choleeswaram
1058:Ariyanayagiamman Temple
517:S. Swaminathan (1998).
224:Vijayalaya Choleeswaram
119:10.542272°N 78.519148°E
357:Moovar Koil sculptures
216:Tiruttalinathar Temple
97:Geographic coordinates
143:, 36 kilometres from
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560:Pudukkottai district
310:Boothi Vikramakesari
267:Pallava architecture
165:Boothi Vikramakesari
124:10.542272; 78.519148
243:Koranganatha Temple
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278:Early Chola period
263:Thanjavur district
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938:Moovar Koil
913:Avur Church
883:Viralimalai
868:Pudukkottai
858:Manamelkudi
848:Karambakudi
800:Pudukkottai
760:Pudukkottai
755:Manamelkudi
707:Viralimalai
692:Pudukkottai
570:Pudukkottai
502:9 September
476:9 September
369:Moovar Koil
228:Narthamalai
220:Thiruputhur
207:Shilparatna
204:texts like
145:Pudukkottai
137:Moovar Koil
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59:Pudukkottai
44:Affiliation
24:Moovar Koil
1268:Categories
873:Thirumayam
833:Aranthangi
795:Aranthangi
765:Thirumayam
730:Aranthangi
702:Thirumayam
637:Aranthangi
609:Aranthangi
584:Pudukottai
375:References
255:Kumbakonam
163:chieftain
149:Tamil Nadu
141:Kodumbalur
110:78°31′09″E
107:10°32′32″N
82:Tamil Nadu
73:Kodumbalur
823:Annavasal
787:Divisions
632:Annavasal
620:and towns
302:Irukkuvel
169:Irukkuvel
161:Irukkuvel
986:Villages
838:Arimalam
805:Illuppur
750:Kulathur
745:Illuppur
725:Alangudi
667:Keeranur
642:Arimalam
627:Alangudi
436:Damilica
300:and the
177:Pallavas
175:and the
70:Location
65:Location
55:District
49:Hinduism
38:Religion
779:Revenue
652:Iluppur
618:Cities
320:Gallery
173:Pandyas
88:Country
981:People
815:Blocks
717:Taluks
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194:vimana
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314:Chola
298:Chola
294:Chola
202:silpa
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153:India
91:India
78:State
504:2013
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393:ISBN
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