Nayak Temples
The Madurai and Tanjavur Nayaks made great contributions to architectural style, the main characteristics of the style during this period being the elaborate mandapas of the "hundred-pillared" and "thousand-pillared" types, the high gopurams with stucco statues on the surface and the long corridors.
The main temples representing this style are:
- The Ranganatha temple at Srirangam – noted for its increase in the number of enclosures;
- The temple at Rameswaram – noted for its long corridors;
- The Subramanya temple at the Brihadisvara Temple court at Tanjavur – noted for its fine vimana with ratha and maha mandapas;
- Meenakshi Temple at Madurai – noted for the great splendour of its gopuras, its "thousand-pillared" mandapam, and the Thanga Thamarai kulam ("Golden Lotus water pool").
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