Images of siva at the kambattadi mantapa of madurai temple complex

The famous Menakshi Sundaresvarar Temple is located in Madurai, the headquarters of Pandya dynasty in Tamilnadu. Lord Siva is worshipped as Sundaresvar. There are twenty five Siva manifestation depicted on the pillars of the Kambattadi Mantapa. Among the twenty five forms, the paper tries to trace out the significant and outstanding forms of Lord Siva. They are Tripurantaka, Nataraja, Lingodbhava, Rishabaruda, Ekabhada, Arthanarisvara, Dhakshinamurthi, Bhiksadana and Somaskanda. The present research paper unfolds the iconographical images of Siva at the Kambattadi Mantapa in Madurai Temple Complex and its origin, style and development of Mantapas.