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K. R. VENKATRAMA AYYAR. Äyirattali--A Cola Capital (Prs. Ind. Hist. Cong.) Allahabad, 1946.
P. 160. Āyirattali, also called Palaiyāru and Muļikondasolapuram, one of the capitals of the Colas. Āyirattali means the 'thousand temples'. When Appar visited Vadatali or the 'northern shrine of Palaiyāru he found the central shrine of Siva obscured by a new vimānam put up by Jains, who had obtained possession of the place, and with the help of the chief of the place, probably the Muttaraiyar chief, he had the temple cleared of the Jains and caused a new vimānam to be built for Siva.
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