[18] “Gazetteer of the South Arcot District,” 1906, i. 102.
[19] “Gazetteer of the Tanjore District,” 1906, i. 70.
[20] Sēsha or Adisēsha is the serpent, on which Vishnu is often represented as reclining.
[21] “Ind. Ant.,” 1876, v. 188.
[22] See the Skanda Purāna.
[23] Other colossal statues of Gummatta are at Karkal and Vēnūr or Yēnūr in South Canara.
[24] The feast of lights (dipa, lights, avali, a row).