Moolavar

Mulavar of Pandurangaswamy Temple

Mulavar (Tamil: மூலவர், romanized: mūlavar) or Mula-murti is a Sanskrit-Tamil term referring to the main deity, or a murti (cult image) in a Hindu temple.[1][2]

  1. ^ Baldev Raj, C. Rajagopalan, C. V. Sundaram. Where gods come alive: a monograponze icons of South India.
  2. ^ Waghorne, Joanne Punzo (2004-09-16). Diaspora of the Gods: Modern Hindu Temples in an Urban Middle-Class World. Oxford University Press. p. 436. ISBN 978-0-19-028885-3.