• S. BALAMURUGAN
• Dr. K.M. SUBRAMANIAM

Sculpture is one of the visual arts. It forms the aesthetic expression in which designs are created in space. It can be fashioned from such durable materials as wax, ivory, stone, clay, wood, metal, bone, and the like. Sculptures elucidate the progress of art and architecture. They stand as a testimony to the developments of civilization from early stages. The history of sculpture is as old as the history of mankind. It has appeared in almost every culture of the world. Indian sculpture is not only valued as an object of worship but also as a work of art. Merely building the temple carving the images, moulding and shaping the idols cannot be done according to our own wishes or desires for which rules are laid down strictly in the Agamas and Silpasastras, and they should be followed. The mythological stories relating to the temple, and also figure of Dakshinamurti are common in the southern devokotsha of garbhagraha of the Sri Vamanapurisvarar at Tirumanikkuli. From the above mention stone and others sculptures one can in far that this temple is considered as one of the treasure house of richest specimen of sculptures.

history of sculpture, mythological stories, Dakshinamurti and Sri Vamanapurisvarar

"SRI DAKSHINAMURTI SCULPTURE AT THIRUMANIKKULI – A STUDY ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.227-233, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907H37.pdf

"SRI DAKSHINAMURTI SCULPTURE AT THIRUMANIKKULI – A STUDY ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp227-233, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907H37.pdf