Appar Tirunavukkarasar
Also recorded as Tirunavukkaracar · Tarumacenar · Dharmasena · Marunikkiyar
Appar Tirunavukkarasar

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- 26.Department of Archaeology & Government Museum. An exhibition on Chola bronzes - 1000th anniversary of Thanjavur Big temple celebration. 25. 2011.
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