LORD TRIPURANTAKA AND GODDESS TRIPURASUNDARI OF KODUMBALUR Kodumbalur, a hamlet in Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, is about 46kms from the district headquarters Pudukkottai and about 35kms from Tiruchirappalli. The village is renowned for its ancientness, being capital city of the Irukkuvel kingdom, credited with two ancient temples viz., Moovar Koil and Muchukundeswara temple. The antiquity […]
Lord Ganesa as ‘the Lord of Ganas’ is beautifully captured by the Chola sculptors in Alanthuraiyar temple at Pullamangai. Pullamangai, at present known as Pasupathikoil is a small hamlet in Papanasam taluk of Thanjavur district and the village is credited with an elegant Early Chola temple dedicated to Lord Siva. Alanthuraiyar temple has a three […]
இன்னிசை வீணையில் இசைத்தோன் காண்க அன்னதொன் றவ்வயின் அறிந்தோன் காண்க Saint Manikkavasakar in the Thiruvandapaguthi extols Lord Siva as the concordant melody in the Vina and of its arcane virtue He alone is aware. Not only Saint Manikkavasakar, the other great Saiva saints also extols Lord Siva and His skill in strumming Vina in their hymns. The […]
The aditala of the vimana is crowned with hara. Being anarpita hara, the harmaya of the second tala is detached from the hara structure. The harmaya is cantoned by four brahmakantha pilasters representing the bhadra and the karna sections. The pilasters possess the capital ornamentation and the potikas resting above the pilasters are plain angular […]
Tiruchchennampoondi is a small hamlet in Budalur taluk in Thanjavur district and about 30kms from Tiruchirappalli and 36kms from the district headquarters Thanjavur. Tiruchchennampoondi is one among the villages situated in the land stretch between the rivers Cauvery and Kollidam. The northern and southern banks of river Cauvery till it reaches the sea is flooded […]
THIRUNEDUNGALAM A beautiful assemblage of Saptamatrikas are found in the Nedungalanathar temple at Thirunedungalam in Tiruchirappalli district. Thirunedungalam, glorified by the Saiva saints in their hymns, is a huge two prakara complex with various shrines, mandapas and gopuras. The Goddess Mangalanayaki shrine is in the outer prakara of the complex. The temple is known for […]
Thirumangalam is a small hamlet on the Northern bank of the river Cauvery, is about 3kms from Lalgudi and 17kms from Tiruchirappalli. The northern banks of river Cauvery is known for its rich number of Chola temples and also venerated by the Saiva Saints. As like, Thirumangalam, is also credited with Chola period temple dedicated […]
Paṇṇārntha vīṇai payindrān Saint Appar hymned in a canto of Thirupoonthuruthi thandagam that he beheld the Lord of Poonthuruthi who in pleasure, abode under the banyan tree and strum the melodic Vina. குற்றாலங் கோகரணம் மேவி னானைக் கொடுங்கைக் கடுங்கூற்றைப் பாய்ந்தாந்தன்னை உற்றால நஞ்சுண் டொடுக்கி னானை யுணராவென் நெஞ்சை யுணர்வித் தானைப் பற்றாலின் கீழ்ங் கிருந்தான் தன்னைப் பண்ணார்ந்த வீணை பயின்றான் தன்னைப் […]