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Tamil)being built in the memory of the DEAD valorous ones, probably was the reason why stones were not used for the construction of temples. In fact cave temples and structural temples were in vogue with other contemporary rulers of north, namely
Chalukyas and Rashtrakutas and the much earlier rulers of Gupta and Maurayas dating back to 2 to 3rd century BCE.
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Before his time, perishable materials was used for temple construction like bricks, clay, limestone and wood. Tamilians during Sangam and post sangam period used Stones to commemorate the valor of hero’s , who had sacrificed their life for their land . These “Hero Stones” ( “Veera Kallu” in
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There is no unanimity among experts on the authorship and chronology of
Mamallai Monuments. However in general the experts feel that these Monuments came in to existence over a period of almost a century, starting from Mahendra Pallava (630-668 AD), his son Narasimha pallava and then followed by
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This project exploring MAMALLAI was undertaken as it holds a significant place in the history of
Tamilazagam. Mamallai temples and sculptures can be considered as a prototype laboratory for the temple architecture of Dravidian style. Even much before the Mahendravarman (590-630 AD) of
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Rajasimha (700-728AD) Mamallai achieves a unique position in India in temple architecture studies as it has the following temple style in one place.
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Pallava dynasty, temple worship was much in practice, however, he was one who initially introduced the STONE TEMPLE building to
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