Land, society and art in Tamil Nadu
Subtitle: with special reference to Vaigai and Tāmiraparani basins
By: editor, A. Mahalingam
Contributors: Indian Council of Historical Research
Publisher: Sharada Publishing House
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9789383221165
Subjects: Hindu temples; Congresses; History; Tamil Inscriptions; Hindu sculpture; Hindu art; Pandyas
Notes: "The present book of essays is an outcome of a two day ICHR Seminar on Koils in the Vaigai and Tāmirapaṇi basins."--Page viii.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Encounters with regional temples  -- P. Shanmugam; title: An early Pāṇḍya temple in the Nellaiyappar Temple Complex, Tirunelveli  -- G. Sethuraman; title: The term 'Devatanam' as revealed through 'Tirunelvli' later Pāṇḍya inscriptions  -- P. Chandrasekaran; title: Nondā vilakku (perpetual lamps) in temples of the Vagai-̣Tāmiraparaṇi River Basin (sixth to tenth century CE)  -- C. Manoranjithamani; title: Temples as feudal institutions in Tamil Country  -- C. Bhanai; title: Sculptural art of early Pāṇḍyas as gleaned from rock-cuts  -- P. D. Balaji; title: Late phase of Pāṇḍya architecture in the Upper Tāmiraparaṇi Basin  -- S. Kannan; title: Paintings of Tiruppudaimaradur  -- S. Rajavelu; title: Jain images in Vaigai Basin  -- A. Gnanasekaran; title: The role of castes and communities in temple affairs during the Pāṇḍyas  -- K. Mavali Rajan; title: Thiruppuvanam Puṣavanēśvara Temple, revisited  -- C. Santhalingam; title: Maritime activities as gleaned from temple arts  -- M. Desayar; title: From vicissitude to visibility: the curious case of Jain remains during Madurai  -- Jayashree Venkatadurai; title: Hill shrines of the Vaigai River Valley and their significance  -- V. Selvakumar; title: Personal ornaments in the sculpture and paintings of the Nāyaka Period in Tamil Country -- A. Mahalingam.