High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Iconography of Shiva temples in Tamil Nadu is governed by the Shaiva Agamas (IAST:Agama) that revere the ultimate reality as the Hindu deity, Shiva. Agama (Sanskrit ???, Tamil:?????) in the Hindu religious context means a traditional doctrine or system which commands faith. Temple worship according to Agamic rules can be said to have started during the Pallava dynasty (551-901 A.D.) in South India, but they were fully under estbalishment during the Chola dynasty (848-1279 A.D.) The temples during the Chola period expanded to Sri Lanka and islands in South East Asia. The temple complex was expanding with niches for various deities on the stipulated sides of the sanctum. Lingam was universalised and prakarams (precincts) with subsequent deities came up. The temple parivara(deities related to primary deity) expanded considerably during the Chola period. The niches of following Agamic rules for building Shiva temples in Tamil Nadu, a South...

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