Uttara Kailasa temple, Tiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu
  • Uttara Kailasa temple, Tiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu
  • Uttara Kailasa temple, Tiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu
  • Uttara Kailasa temple, Tiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu
Uttara Kailasa temple, Tiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu

Also known as Vada Kailasam (the place of five rivers), the Uttara Kailasa temple of the Pancanadisvara complex was built by Rajaraja I's (985 – 1014 CE) senior queen Danti Sakti Vitanki alias Loga Mahadevi in about 1006 CE. This temple is significant for it bears an inscription from the reign of Rajadhiraja I (1018-1054 CE), which gives a complete narration of the wars and the victories of the Chola king elucidating contemporary political events and the extent of the empire. References: M.W. Meister and M.A. Dhaky 1963, p. 231, S.R. Balasubrahmanyam, 1975, p. 89 and B. Venkataraman, 1976, pp. 85-90.