32 pillar Mandapam, Parthasarathy Temple, Madras


       This sculpture I found  on the 32 pillar mandapam outside Parthasarathy  Temple. It tells about the Kainkaryam made by Mannivakkam Somasundara  Mudaliar. Mudaliar with his wife is sculpted. It is not clear when this Mandapam was constructed. The  oldest  photograph of it is in the  year 1851. Mannivakkam is a place near Vandalur on the  Vandalur  Padapai route. There was one M.Somasundara  Mudaliar  in the  Pachaiyappas Trust in 1840s. Perhaps chances of  him being the same person are there. Any further info.

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