Sankaracarya in Ekamresvara temple

On the left side of the main entrance to the Ekamresvara temple in Kanci, there is a small shrine for Ganesa. In this shrine also, there is a small stone image of Sankaracarya. An exquisite sculpture of the Acarya is found on the front face of a pillar before the small sub-shrine of Siva, southeast of the huge Nandi inside the Ekamranatha temple. Around the figure of the Acarya are found ghata (small water vessel), an umbrella, a camera (whisk) a Sivalinga, and a book on a stand. Another Sankara sculpture in the pose of performing penance (standing) along with a Linga, a book, and whisks, etc., distributed on all sides of the sculpture, is seen by the side of the time–honored sacred mango tree(Mavadi) in the Prakara of Ekamranatha temple. A slightly larger stone image of Sankara, in a similar penance pose, can be seen in the Vaikunta Perumal temple in Siva – Kanci.