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this group. The tallest figure (No. 3, height 2 ft. 9 in.) does not 
properly belong to this group. 
Plates IX. and X.—Both bronzes are representations of Siva’s 
consort Parvati or Siva-Kami. The shorter figure with the chest - 
cord branching to right and left (No. 7, height 1 ft. 8 in.) would 
belong to Siva in I. and II. The other figure (No. 19, height 2 ft. 
3J in.) has the right arm broken. The richly flowered armlets of 
delicate workmanship merit particular attention. 
Plate XI.—The first figure from left to right is a statuette of 
Tiru-gnana-sambandha Swami (circa 500 a.d.), one of the chief 
saints and apostles of Siva, and his psalms are in daily use in the 
temples. He is said to have been called to be an apostle while still 
a child (at Shikali in Tanjore District), and to have died a child. 
Hence he is represented as a child nude, save for a child’s waist 
string of beads and anklets, and with a child’s tuft of hair on the 
front of the head, and holds in his hands the Golden Cymbals which 
he received from Siva, and with which he went about singing Siva’s 
praise. No. 13 ; height 1 ft. 4 in. 
The second figure is that of Suriya, the Sun God, with halo round 
the head and a lotus bud in either hand. This is a noteworthy 
and uncommon type. No. 18 ; height 1 ft. 5J in. 
The third figure represents Appar Swami, or Tiru-na-vukkarasu 
Swami, apostle and psalmist of Siva, contemporary and friend of 
Tiru-gnana-sambandha Swami (circa 500 a.d.), a Buddhist con¬ 
verted to the religion of Siva. He holds in his hand a gran-cutter, 
with which he went about weeding the gran in the courtyards of 
the temples. No. 4 ; height 1 ft. 9 in. 
The last figure again represents Appar Swami on a taller scale, 
although the total height of the bronze is somewhat lower. He is 
here shown with shaven head, clad only in a breech-clout, and 
the end of the gran-cutter has been broken off. No. 10 ; height 
1 ft. 7 in. 
Plates XII. and XIII.—Figure 1 in XII., of* which figure 1 in 
XIII. is a side view, and figure 2 in XII., of which figure 3 in XIII. 
is a side view, represent Sundara-murti Swami, an apostle and 
psalmist of Siva about 700 a.d. He was a native of Tiruvarur, 
near Negapatam, in the Madras Presidency; called to be an apostle 
on his wedding day, hence dressed in the clothes and ornaments of 
a bridegroom. Nos. 16 and 17 ; heights 1 ft. 8 in. and 1 ft. 4J in. 
Figure 3 in XII., of which figure 2 in XIII. is a back view, represents 
Manikka-vachaka Swami, the greatest of Siva’s apostles and 
psalmists, about 100 a.d. He was prime minister of the Pandyan 
King of Madura in Madras Presidency before he was called to be an 
apostle. He holds in his hand a palm leaf manuscript of his psalms, 
