TNPSC Thervupettagam

Chola-period temple in Budalur

July 24 , 2023 491 days 662 0
  • The Chola-era Abathsagayeswarar temple in Budalur, near Thirukkattupalli in Thanjavur district, is in bad shape.
  • The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department has decided to renovate it.
  • The importance of the temple is explained by inscriptions dating back to Parantaka Chola (907-953 CE).
  • There are two more inscriptions and one belongs to the period of Kulothunga III (1178-1218 CE) and another to the period of Pandya king Jatavarma Sundara Pandya (1250-1284).
  • The temples would have existed long before the emergence of Cholas, who have converted it into a stone structure.
  • It has been recorded in the Annual Report of the Indian Epigraphy published in 1972-73.

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