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| Content Provider | IGNCA - Brihadiswara Temple |
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| Description | This inscription records that, before the 29th year of the reign of Rajarajadeva, an officer of the King set up a copper image of Bhrngisa, to which he presented some ornaments. "Bhrngi is one of the attendants (gana) of Siva. Allusions to his bigoted worship of Siva, which would not condescend even to acknowledge the Godhead of Parvati, are frequent in Tamil literature. According to the Skandapuranam, it was to annoy his exclusive spirit, that Parvati sought union with Siva in the form of Ardhanarisvara; But Bhrngi assumed the shape of a bee and pierced his way through the united body of the God and the Goddess, going round and worshipping the Siva portion only of the hermaphrodite. The Goddess avenged herself then by withdrawing all Sakti from the zealot, and he is now generally represented as a skeleton, supporting himself with a third leg, which Siva, out of mercy, improvised for him." In accordance with this myth, three legs and three arms are attributed to the image of Bhrngisa in paragraph 2 of the subjoined inscription. |
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| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Dravidian Architecture Rajarajeswaram Chola Dynasty Shaivism Shaktism Great Living Chola Temples Iconography Vaishnavism Chola Emperor Rajaraja UNESCO World Heritage Site Tamil Architecture Tamizhism |
| Content Type | Text |
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