Ancient kings used to gift lands to the saints and the holy people. The Cheras, Cholas and Pandyas had gifted lot of lands to the saints, and they also built various temples of Lord Shiva and Vishnu in their lands. The Mantralayam saint Guru Raghavendra Swamy had obtained the Mantralayam village, also called as Manchala […]
Ancient Temple Inscriptions
Ancient Temple Inscriptions
Ancient temple inscriptions are found in most of the ancient temple walls, and also the inscriptions would be carved out in stones also. And they would give the correct picture about the details of the temple history like the name of the builder, construction date and the period of completion etc. Generally ancient temples were […]