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Site Name: Sendalai

Date: 1000-1099 CE

Subject: Chandra Sekarar or Chandrasekhara. Chandrasekhara is one of the forms of Lord Shiva, in which he is referred to the one wearing moon on his head front.

Site Name: Cholapuram

Date: 1300-1399 CE

Subject: Sivagana playing a conch. Ganas are attendants of Shiva.

Site Name: Veerakkan

Date: 1100-1199 CE

Subject: Ardhnariswarar. Ardhnariswarar is a composite figure of Shiva where he is depicted as half male and half female to indicate the shiva-shakti relationship of the unified whole. The right half represents Shiva while the left half represents Parvati.

Site Name: Thiruvedikudi

Date: 800-899 CE

Subject: Veenadhara Dakshinamoorthy. Shiva as a teacher of music manifests himself as Veenadhara Dakshinamoorthy where he holds the Veena instrument across the chest .