Vaikunthavasa Perumal, Kiliyanur, Tamil Nadu
  • Vaikunthavasa Perumal, Kiliyanur, Tamil Nadu
  • Vaikunthavasa Perumal, Kiliyanur, Tamil Nadu
  • Vaikunthavasa Perumal, Kiliyanur, Tamil Nadu
Vaikunthavasa Perumal, Kiliyanur, Tamil Nadu

The Vaikunthavasa Perumal temple at Kiliyanur can be dated to the third year of Nandivarman III (838 CE) by an inscription on the kumuda of the superstructure’s base (vimana’s adhisthana), which calls the temple Tikaittiral-Visnugrham of Kilinelur, after the name of its founder. The original structure is mostly gone, only the granite base of the main structure being extant. The parts later have been rebuilt in much later times. The only other Pallava remnant is a four-pillared hall (mandapa) built in front of the main temple. Reference: M.W. Mesister and M.A. Dhaky 1963, p. 100, S.R. Balasubrahmanyam, 1966, pp.78-79.