PATTADAKAL II

THE SHIVLING IS
WORSHIPPED TILL VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE
DATE.

THE NANDI-MANDAPA SITUATED TO THE EAST OF

THE TEMPLE,IS A SQUARE PAVILION OPEN ON ALL
THE FOUR SIDES.IT HOUSES A LARGE STATUE OF
NANDI 2.6 METERS MADE OF GREEN STONE AND
COVERED IN RED FLORAL CAPE.
THE VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE WAS BUILT BY QUEEN
LOKAMAHADEVI OF VIKARAMADITYA II IN A.D.740
TO COMMEMORATE HER HUSBAND’S VICTORY OVER Engraved on an octagonal
THE PALLAVAS OF KANCHIPURAM.IT IS RICH IN pillar this inscription is in the
SCULPTURES LIKE THOSE OF LINGODBHAVA, Siddhamatrika and Kannada
NATARAJA, RAVANANUGRAHA AND characters of 8th century A.D.
UGRANARASIMH.A.