LORD SIVA OF ETTAMANUR

Beyond this Mukhamandapam, lie the grand corridors that delight the hearts of the visitors with interior craftsmanship and exterior rows of lamps fixed on the wooden frames, adorned With trellis work. The tall golden staff lies outside the balikalpura, and the anakottil next to the tower.

From the available inscriptions it is deduced that this temple was built in 1542. The workmanship of the sculptor is seen in many objects used for interior decoration, like panels depicting many episodes from Ramayana and Bhagavata. Art critics paid rich tributes to the artistry of the sculptors for the presentation of traditional stories on walls in colour.

The pictures of Nataraja in dancing postures are quite enhancing exuding grace, bliss, glory and harmony. They drive home eternal truths that good gets rewards and wickedness carries punishments due.

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