Site Name: Tirumiyachchur
Date: 951-975 CE
Subject: General view
CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
There are two temples at Tirumiyachchur. The main temple of Muyarchchinadesvarar is aspidal - one of the few of this kind from Chola country, another example being Pennagadam in the nadu-nadu (central region). Both the shrines (Muyarchchinadesvarar and Sakala-Bhuvanesvarar) are preserved and offered in both. The deity of the main shrine is sung about by Sambandar and that of the Ilangoyil by Appar. This shrine probably belongs to the time of Uttama Chola (971 - 988 CE). References: S.R. Balasubrahmanyam, 1971, pp. 191-192.