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Date: ca 907-957 CE
Subject: Vimana, Nandi and kapota detail
CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
The earliest inscriptions on the Sri Visamanglesvarar temple are from Gandaraditya (949 - 957 CE) though this temple has been ascribed to the age of Aditya I (871 – 907 CE). An interesting feature of this temple is the image of Saraswati in one of the divinity niches (devakoshtas). Sarasvati is found in the temples of Rajaraja I (985 -1014 CE) and Rajendra I (1014 - 1044 CE) so this is probably the earliest representation in a Chola temple. References: S.R. Balasubrahmanyam, 1971, p. 218.