Sundaresvara temple, Sendalai, Tamil NaduThe Sundaresvara temple at Sendalai is one of the older structural temples of the Muttaraiyars, possibly of the time of Cuvaran Maran or of his immediate descendant. There are about forty inscriptions on the wall of this temple covering the period of nearly 500 years from the latter part of the eighth century to the thirteenth century. The name of the deity of this temple is Tirupperundurai Mahadeva. Tirupperundurai was the place that was associated with Saiva saint Manikkavasagar but whether this place was associated with the life of the saint cannot be said with certainty. The temple was most likely a brick structure that was later rebuilt in stone in the days of Aditya I. Two inscriptions of Aditya I's time exist on the temple. There are four granite pillars used in the construction of a hall (mandapa) in front of the main shrine. That belonged to a temple at Nemam built by the Pallava king Nandivarman Pallava Malla II (731 – 796 CE). Some early sculptures of Brahma, Vishnu, Siva and Parvati and a few Saptmatrikas were found lying loose in the northern enclosure (prakara) and some of them were later moved to the Tanjavur Art Gallery. Reference: M.W. Meister and M.A. Dhaky, 1963, pp.135-137, S.R. Balasubrahmanyam, 1966, pp. 137-140.