Tiruvilayadal Puranam
Historical background
The ‘Purana of sacred plays’ of Shiva at Madurai is the final version of an old tradition of legends. The sixty-four legends were arranged in the present sequence by Paranjoti (late 16th, early 17th cent.) and are considered one of the peaks of Tamil narrative poetry.
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Nakkiran falls into the tank, is rescued, and the prize is given to Tarumi. (TP 53)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Agastya teaches the rules of grammar to Nakkiran. (TP 54)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: A dumb youth settles a dispute amiong the academicians. (TP. 55)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century, disappeared
Description: Disappeared, probably Tiruvilayadal Puranam 56.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard (prakara), north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Possibly Tiruvilayadal Puranam 57.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century, diasppeared
Description: Disappeared.
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: King Kun Pandya is ailing. (TP 62)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadeshvara Temple complex
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: Sambandar wins the contest and the Jains are impaled. (TP 63)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: The story of the vanni tree, the well, and the linga. (TP 64)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: The story of the vanni tree, the well and the linga. (TP 64)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: The story of the vanni tree, the well ,and the linga. (TP 64)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
Date: First half of the 19th century
Description: The story of the vanni tree, the welll, and the linga. (TP 64)
Location: Tamil Nadu Temple;Brihadishvara Temple complex;Thanjavur
Positioning: Courtyard, north colonnade
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