The Temple Services Of Later Pandyas With Special Reference To Sennelkudi Inscriptions

Abstract

The four dynasties that ruled the southern regions of India, the Cheras, the Cholas, the Pandyas, and the Pallavas, have been ruling as powerful rulers since the Sangam period, as can be well known through literary references, Ashoka's second rock inscriptions, and the notes of foreign travellers such as Megasthenes. All over the country, she has created many temples.  By keeping them, we can know that they all have excelled in religious work.  And among them, Pandyas, who ruled the south for a long time, are worth mentioning. From the Pandyas of the Sangam period to the later Pandyas, their remains can be known through the temple constructions found in every town as evidence that they have excelled in temple work.  This work examines the temple works of later Pandyas based on the inscription of the Shiva Temple in Sennelkudi, Virudhunagar district.