• Balaram Iyer, T. G. S.
  South temples : pilgrims' guide :
  a sketch of the various important temples of South India
  with a map in addition, narration by T. R. Rajagopalan. 3d ed.
  Madurai : Sri Karthikeiya Publication, 1979.

• Balasubrahmanyam, S. R.
  Early Chola temples; Parantaka I to Rajaraja I, A.D. 907-985
  Bombay, Orient Longman [1971].

• Balasubrahmanyam, S. R.
  Four Chola temples
  Bombay : N. M. Tripathi, 1963.
  Series title: Heritage of Indian art series ; no. 4.

• Balasubrahmanyam, S. R.
  Later Chola temples : Kulottunga I to Rajendra III (A.D. 1070-1280)
  S. R. Balasubrahmanyam, assisted by B. Natarajan, B. Venkataraman, and B. Ramachandran.
  [Madras] : Mudgala Trust, 1979.

• Balasubrahmanyam, S. R.
  Middle Chola temples : Rajaraja I to Kulottunga I, A.D. 985-1070
  Faridabad : Thomson Press (India), Publication Division, 1975.

• Barrett, Douglas E.
  Early Cola architecture and sculpture ; 866-1014 A.D.
  London : Faber, 1974.

• Bhoothalingam, Mathuram.
  Movement in stone; a study of some Chola temples.
  New Delhi, Soumani Publications [1969].
  1st "National" ed. New Delhi : National Pub. House, 1985.

• Boulanger, Chantal & Tom Dawber.
  In the kingdom of Nataraja : a guide to the temples, beliefs and people of Tamil Nadu, Ed. 1.
  Madras : South India Saiva Siddhantha Works Pub. Society, Tinnevelly, 1993.

• Callewaert, Winand M.
  Gods and temples in South India
  New Delhi : Manohar, 1995.

• Cousens, Henry, 1854-1934.
  Mediaeval temples of the Dakhan, Cosmo print.
  New Delhi, India : Cosmo Publications, 1985.

• Comale, 1921-
  Palani : the hill temple of Muruga , 1st ed.
  Palani, India : Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple, 1975.

• Das, R. K., 1906-
  Temples of Tamilnad
  Bombay, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1964

• Dayalan, D., 1955-
  Early temples of Tamilnadu : their role in socio-economic life (c. A.D. 550-925)
  New Delhi : Harman Pub. House, 1992.

• Gurusamy, Mariappan Paraippatti, 1936-
  Lord Muruga of Tiruchendur, 1st ed.
  Tiruchendur : Guru-Themozhi, 1980.
  Series title: Vannan publication : Eng. ; 1.

• Dehejia, Vidya.
  Art of the imperial Cholas
  New York : Columbia University Press, c1990.
  Series title: The Polsky lectures in Indian and Southeast Asian art and archaeology.

• India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
  Temples of South India.
  Delhi : Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India, 1960.

• S.V. Subramanian, G. Rajendran.(Editors)
  Heritage of the Tamils : temple arts, 1st.
  Madras : International Institute of Tamil Studies, 1985.
  Series title: Publication / International Institute of Tamil Studies ; no. 110.

• Irajakopalan, Em. / M. Rajagopalan.
  15 Vaishnava temples of Tamilnadu , Ed. 1st.
  Madras : M. Rajagopalan, 1993.

• Jagadisa Ayyar, P. V.
  South Indian shrines : illustrated
  with a foreword from Lord Carmichael.
  [Madras] : Madras Times Print. and Pub. Co., 1920.
  Series title: SAMP early 20th-century Indian books project ; item 09067.
  
• Jagadisa Ayyar, P. V.
  South Indian shrines : illustrated , Rev. and enl. ed.
  New Delhi : Asian Educational Services, 1982.

• Longhurst, A. H. (Albert Henry), 1877?-
  Pallava architecture
  New Delhi : Cosmo Publications, 1982.

• Mahalingam, T. V.
  Studies in the South Indian temple complex
  Dharwar, Kannada Research Institute, Karnatak University, 1970.
  Series title: Kannada Research Institute Research lectures, new ser., no. 2.

• Masthanaiah, B., 1944-
  The temples of Mukhalingam : a study on South Indian temple architecture
  New Delhi : Cosmo Publications, 1978.

• Paramasivanandam, A. M., 1914-
  Ancient temples of Tamilnadu, 1st ed.
  Madras : Tamil Kalai Pub. House, 1981.

• Meena, V.
  Temples of South India
  Kanyakumari : Hari Kumari Arts, [1976?].

• Michell, George.
  The Vijayanagara courtly style : incorporation and synthesis in the royal
  architecture of Southern India, 15th-17th centuries
  New Delhi : Manohar : American Institute of Indian Studies, 1992.
  Series title: Vijayanagara research project monograph series ; vol. 3.

• Nayar, S. P. (S. Prabhakaran), 1925-
  Pilgrim's guide to Guruvayoor & a few other temples, 1982
  Guruvayoor : Progressive Printers & Publishers, 1982.

• Padmanabhan, S., 1934-
  South Indian temples : [an illustrated book on the origin,
  development, and importance of South Indian temples]
  Nagercoil : Kumaran Pathippagam, 1977.

• Padmanabhan, S., 1934-
  Temples of South India
  Nagercoil : Kumaran Pathippagam, 1977.

• Palaniyappan, Ki., 1908-
  The Great Temple of Madurai : English version of the book Koilmanagar
  1st ed. Madurai : Sri Meenakshisundareswarar Temple Renovation Committee, 1963, 1970 printing.

• Pandeya, B. K.
  Temple economy under the Colas, c. A.D. 850-1070
  New Delhi : Bahri, 1984.
  Series title: Series in Indian history, art, and culture ; 1.
  
• Presler, Franklin A.
  Religion under bureaucracy : policy and administration for Hindu temples in South India
  Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.
  Series title: Cambridge South Asian studies ; [no. 38].

• Pillai, Suresh B., 1934-
  Introduction to the study of temple art
  Thanjavur : Equator and Meridian, [pref. 1976].
  Series title: South Indian art and archaeological series ; 1.

• Rajagopalan, T. R.
  Pilgrims' guide (South India) : a sketch of the various important temples of South India
  narration by T. R. Rajagopalan ; format by T. G. S. Balaram Iyer. 1st ed.
  Madurai : Sri Karthikeiya Publication, 1977.

• Ramanaiah, J. (Jaisetty), 1939-
  Temples of South India : a study of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist monuments of the Deccan
  New Delhi : Concept Pub. Co., 1989.

• Ramaswami, N. S.
  House of God : select temples of South India, 1st ed.
  Madras, India : Maps and Agencies, 1984.
  Series title: Travel aide.

• Rea, Alexander.
  Chalukyan architecture; including examples from the Ballari District, Madras Presidency,
  Delhi, Indological Book House, 1970.
  Series title: Archaeological Survey of India Archaeological survey of India.
  [Reports] New imperial series, v. 21.

• Sarojini Jagannathan.
  Impact of Sri Ramanujacarya on temple worship, 1st ed.
  Delhi : Nag Publishers, 1994.

• Satyamurti, T.
  The Nataraja Temple : history, art, and architecture
  New Delhi : Classical Publications, 1978.

• Shivarudraswamy, S. N.
  Vijayanagara temples in Karnataka, 1st ed.
  Mysore : Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, 1996.

• Shulman, David Dean, 1949-
  Tamil temple myths : sacrifice and divine marriage in the South Indian Saiva tradition
  Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1980.

• Burton Stein (Ed.)
  South Indian temples : an analytical reconsideration
  New Delhi : Vikas Pub. House, c1978.

• Srinivasan, K. R., 1910-
  Cave-temples of the Pallavas
  New Delhi : Archaeological Survey of India, 1964.
  Series title: Architectural survey of temples ; no. 1.

• Srinivasan, K. R., 1910-
  Temples of South India
  New Delhi, National Book Trust, India;
  [chief stockists in India: India Book House, Bombay, 1972].
  Series title: India, the land and people.

• Temples of South India. Rev. ed.
  New Delhi : Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,
  Govt. of India, 1973.

• Vanamamalai Pillai, N.
  The Setu and Rameswaram
  Rameswaram : V. Narayanan & Bror., 1929.

• Venkata Ramanayya, N.
  An essay on the origin of the South Indian temple
  New Delhi : Ramanand Vidya Bhawan, 1983.

• Venkataraman, B. (Balasubrahmanyam), 1925-
  Laddigam, a later Chola temple
  [New Delhi] Orient Longman [1971].
  Series title: Southern art series ; 1.

• Venkataraman, B. (Balasubrahmanyam), 1925-
  Temple art under the Chola queens
  Faridabad : Thomson Press (India), Publication Division, 1976.

• Wright, G. R. H. (George R. H.), 1924-
  A background to restoration of monuments in Southern India, 1st ed.
  Madras?, State Dept. of Archaeology, Govt. of Tamilnadu, 1969.

• Soundara Rajan, K. V., 1925-
  Rock-cut temple styles : early Pandyan art and the Ellora shrines
  Mumbai : Somaiya Publications, 1998.

• Cohen, Andrew L.
  Temple architecture and sculpture of the Nolambas : (ninth-tenth centuries
  New Delhi : Manohar, 1998.

• Sivaramamurti, C.
  The Chola temples : Thanjavur, Gangaikondacholapuram & Darasuram , 2d ed.
  New Delhi : Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, 1973.

• Sivaramamurti, C.
  The Chola temples : Thanjavur, Gangaikondacholapuram & Darasuram, 4th ed.
  New Delhi : Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, 1984.

• Sivaramamurti, C.
  Mahabalipuram. 3d ed.
  New Delhi : Director General, Archaeological Survey of India, 1972.

• Srinivasan, K. R., 1910-
  The Dharmaraja ratha & its sculptures, Mahabalipuram, 1st ed.
  New Delhi : Abhinav Publications, 1975.

• Swaminathan, Saroja.
  The Temple at Tirunallaru
  Thirunallaru : Sri Darbharanyeswaraswamy Devasthanam, 1977.

• George Michell (Ed.)
  Temple towns of Tamil Nadu, photographed by Bharath Ramamrutham.
  [Bombay] : Marg Publications, c1993.

• Vatsyayan, Kapila.
  Dance sculpture in Sarangapani Temple, 1st ed.
  Madras : Society for Archaeological, Historical, and Epigraphical Research, 1982.
  Series title: SAHER pub. ; no. 9.

Books in Tamil

• Arivoli, A. (Annamalai), 1941-
  Atta virrattat talankal
  Citamparam : Manivacakar Patippakam : Kitaikkumitam Mani Vacakar Nulakam, 1985.

• Arivoli, A. (Annamalai), 1941-
  Palani , 1. patippu
  Citamparam : Manivacakar Patippakam ;
  Cennai : Kitaikkumitankal, Manivacakar Nulakam, 1983.

• Arivoli, A. (Annamalai), 1941-
  Tiruccik koyilkal, 1. patippu.
  Citamparam : Manivacakar Patippakam
  Cennai : Kitaikkumitankal, Manivacakar Nulakam, 1983.

• Centuraimuttu /Ci. Muttuppillai
  Cirappu mikka Civalayankal , 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Pailat Paplikesans, 1978. Series title: Pailat ; 12.

• Centuraimuttu.
  Colanattuk koyilkal , 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Manivacakar Patippakam ;
  Citamparam : Kitaikkumitam Manivacakar Nulakam, 1988.
  Series title: Tirukkoyil varicai.

• Centuraimuttu /Ci. Muttuppillai.
  Murukan talankal 33, 1. patippu.
  Citamparam : Manivacakar Patippakam : Kitaikkumitam Manivacakar Nulakam, 1987.

• Centuraimuttu /Ci. Muttuppillai.
  Murukan uraivitankal.
  [1973].

• Centuraimuttu /Ci. Muttuppillai.
  Pantinattuk koyilkal, 1. patippu.
  Citamparam : Manivacakar Patippakam : Kitaikkumitam Manivacakar Nulakam, 1987.

• Centuraimuttu /Ci. Muttuppillai.
  Teyvat tirumalaikal, 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Valli Puttaka Nilaiyam, 1991.

• Centuraimuttu
• Tontai Nattuk koyilkal, 1. patippu.
  Citamparam : Manivacakar Patippakam : Kitaikkumitam Manivacakar Nulakam, 1987.

• Cuntara Copita Raj, K.K.
  Talamarankal, 1. patippu
  Cennai : Copitam : Kitaikkumitam, Ci. El. Es. Puttaka Nilaiyankal, 1994.

• Dandapani Desigar, S., 1906-
  Atinak koyilkal
  Tarumapuram : Nanacampantap Patippakam, [1949].
  Series title: SAMP early 20th-century Indian books project ; item 44099.

• Ganapathi, V. / Vai. Kanapati Stapati ;
  utavi, Ti. Kumareca Stapati, Cau. Srinivaca Rakavan ; merparaviyum tunaiyum, Kampan Atippoti (Ca. Kanecan)
  Cirpac cennul
  Cennai : Tolil Nutpak Kalvi Iyakkakam, Tamilnatu, 1978.

• Gopalakrishnan, Sattanathapuram Subramania, 1916-
  Murukan talam muppatu.
  [1967].

• Iracamanikkam, Ti.
  Tamilakak kutaivaraik koyilkal, 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Tirunelveli Tennintiya Caivacittanta Nurpatippuk Kalakam, 1984.
  Series title: Kalaka veliyitu ; 1748.
  
• Iracamanikkam, Ti.
  Tennintiya cirpankalum koyilkalum, 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Virpanai urimai, Tirunelveli Tennintiya Caivacittanta Nurpatippuk Kalakam, 1992.

• Irajakopalan, Em.
  Anmikam talaikkum arum perum alayankal, 1st ed.
  Madras : M. Rajagopalan : Virpanai urimai, Sri Intu Paplikesans, 1990.

• Irajakopalan, Em.
  Arul manam tikalum alayankal, 1st ed.
  Madras : M. Rajagopalan : Virpanai urimai, Sri Intu Paplikesans, 1989.

• Irajakopalan, Em.
  Iraiyarul nalkum 21 tiruttalankal, 1st ed.
  Madras : M. Rajagopalan : Virpanai urimai, Sri Intu Paplikesans, 1991.

• Jayacentilnatan, Pu. Ma.
  Tirumurait talankal : talavilakka valikatti nul
  Kancipuram : Intu Sri Cankara Matam Camaya Manram, 1991.

• Komatinayakam, A.
  Tiruppukalt tiruttalankal, 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Alaku Patippakam, 1992.

• Kalaikkovan, Ira. (Iracamanikkanar), 1948-
  Kalai valartta tirukkoyilkal, 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Tirunelveli Tennintiya Caivacittanta Nurpatippuk Kalakam, 1984.
  Series title: Kalaka veliyitu ; 1780.

• Kalaikkovan, Ira. (Iracamanikkanar), 1948-
  Kattukkul oru kalaikkoyil, 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Tirunelveli Tennintiya Caiva Cittanta Nurpatippuk Kalakam, 1986.
  Series title: Kalaka veliyitu ; 1829.

• Kamalai Nanappirakacar.
  Kamalai Nanappirakacar iyarriya Tantivanap puranam
  patippaciriyar Ta. Ve. Viracami. 1st ed.
  Cennai : Ulakat Tamilaraycci Niruvanam, 1981.
  Series title: Publication / International Institute of Tamil Studies ; no. 37.

• Kantacami, V., 1940-
  Tamilnattin tala varalarukalum panpattuc cinnankalum, 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Palaniyappa Piratars, 1983.

• Mutturacan, Ku.
  Tayvikat tiruttalankal, 1. patippu.
  Tarmapuri : Vacanta Celvi Patippakam, 1993.

• Nagaswamy, R., 1930-
  Tamilakak koyir kalaikal. 1973.
  Series title: T.N.D.A. pub. ; 26.
  
• Narayanaswamy, V. (Venkataraman), 1918-
  Cirappumikka koyilkal, 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Manivacakar Patippakam, 1991.

• Netunceliyan, Ka.
  Tirunankur, 1. patippu.
  Jeyankontacolapuram : Arun Patippakam, 1994.

• Nittiyananta Piramam, Uraiyur.
  Civaperuman Narata Maha Munivarukkut tiruvay malarntaruliya Sriranka makattuvam
  Uraiyur Nittiyananta Piramattal Tamilil vacanamaka elutapperru.
  Cennai : Canmukananta Puttakacalai, 1981.

• Padmanabhan.
  Tiruchendur
  Nagercoil : Kumaran Pathippagam, 1978.

• Matavan, Ve. Ira.
  Tamilil talapuranankal, 1st ed.
  Tancavur : Pavai Veliyittakam, 1995.

• Minatci Iraman.
  Alaya nirmana, valipattu, mahorcava tattuvankal
  Maturai : Sri Cankaramisan, [1977?].

• Muttaiya Pattar, Mu.
  Kumpapiseka kiriyakkirama vilakkam, [2. patippu].
  Tiruccentur, Tirunelveli Mavattam : Mu. Muttaiya Pattar, 1982.

• Paskarat Tontaiman, To. Mu., 1904-1965.
  Kalainan kanta katavul. [1st ed.].
  Cennai, Mankala nulakam [1968].

• Patmaja Anantaraman.
  Nammalvar vali navatiruppati, 1.pattippu.
  Tirunelveli : Patmaja Anantaraman, 1993.

• Pi. Sri., 1892-1981.
  Arupatai vitu vilakkam, Rev. 2nd ed.
  Cennai : Allayans Kampeni, <1990- >.

• Ratakirusna Pillai, Em., 1911-1974.
  Tamil valartta koyilkal
  Cennai : Mankala Nulakam, [1956?].

• Ratakirusna Pillai, Em., 1911-1974.
  Tennattuk koyilkal, Rev. ed.
  Cennai : Allayans Kampani, 1987-<1990 >.

• Sesacaryulu, Vi. Ti.
  Devalayamulu-tattvavettalu, 1st ed.
  Tirupati : Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanamulu, 1985.
  Series title: T.T.D. religious publications series ; no. 281.

• Vacanta Caravanapavan.
  Terinta koyilkal, teriyata visayankal, 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Kala Nilaiyam, 1992.

• Vikkiraman, 1928-
  Cirpam, cittiram, kopuram, koyil :
  kalaic cirappai arimukappatuttum katturaik kottu , 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Vikkiraman Patippakam, 1987.

• Sendil Thuravi, 1934-
  Canmukar varar.
  (Sastha Publications) [1974]

• Sendil Thuravi, 1934-
  Katal kakkum Karunaniti.
  (Sastha Publications) [1972].

• Kalakap Pulavar Kulu.
  Civappatikal varalaru : valik kuripputan
  tokuppu Kalakap Pulavar Kulu. 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Tirunelveli Tennintiya Caivacittanta Nurpatippuk Kalakam, 1977.
  South India Saiva Siddhanta Works Publishing Society, Tinnevelly, Limited.
  Series title: Kalaka veliyitu ; 1670.
  
• Subbu Reddiar, Nallappa, 1917-
  Colanattut tiruppatikal, 1st ed.
  Cennai : urimai, Pari Nilaiyam, 1981.

• Tiruttalankal varalaru
  patippaciriyar Cu. Palacaranatan ; utavi, Es. Cayiraman. 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Makamakopattiyaya Taktar U. Ve. Caminataiyar Nul Nilaiyam, 1990.
  Series title: Makamakopattiyaya Taktar U. Ve. Caminataiyar Nul Nilaiya veliyitu ; en 106.

• Umacankaran, Makentiravati.
  Arul tarum Tamilaka alayankal, 1st ed.
  Cennai : Narmata Patippakam, 1992.

• Venkatecan, Na.
  Kalvettukalil Tirumal tiruppatikal, 1. patippu.
  Putucceri : Tirumuti Patippakam, 1994.

• Verric Celvan.
  Tamilnattup periya koyilkal, 1. patippu.
  Cennai : Manivacakar Patippakam ;
  Citamparam : Kitaikkumitam Manivacakar Nulakam, 1989.

• Vicuvanatan, Irotu Ta.
  Tirumurait ten tulikal, 1. patippu.
  Cennai: Arunotayam, 1988.

• Somasundaram Pillai, J. M., 1892-
  Colar koyir panikal
  Cennai : Aciriyar Nurpatippuk Kalakam, 1950.
  Series title: SAMP early 20th-century Indian books project ; item 41640.

• Cuppiramaniya Pillai, Va. Ta.
  Civastala mancari, 3. patippu.
  Cennai : Tiruppati Sri Mahantu Accukkutam, 1931.
  Series title: SAMP early 20th-century Indian books project ; item 41006.

• Kirusnamurtti, Ca. (Cataicami), 1949-
  Vikkiramacinkapura ula : tolliyal, varalarru nul
  Ed. 1st. Citamparam : A. Unnamalai, 1997.

Books in French

• Dagens, Bruno.
  Les enseignements architecturaux de L'Ajitagama et du Rauravagama
  Pondichery : Institut francais d'indologie, 1977.
  Series title: Publications de l'Institut francais d'indologie ; no. 57.
  Series title: Etudes sur les agama sivaites ; 1.

• Boulanger, Chantal.
  Au royaume de Nataraja : un guide des temples, des croyances et des habitants du Tamil Nadu,
  2e ed. entierement rev., corr., et ref.
  Paris : Libr. de l'Inde, 1992.

• Pattabiramin, P. Z.
  Sanctuaires rupestres de l'Inde du sud
  Pondichery, Institut francais d'indologie, 1971-75.
  Series title: Publications de l'Institut francais d'indologie ; no 42.

• Temples pallava construits
  etude architecturale par Jacques Dumarcay,
  etude iconographique par Francoise L'Hernault.
  Paris : Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient : diffusion, A. Maisonneuve, 1975.
  Series title: Publications de l'Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient. Memoires archeologiques ; 9.