Kaliyapatti is a small hamlet in T.Keelaiyur panchayat of Kundrandarkoil block in Pudukkottai district. It lies enroute of Keeranur-Killukottai road between Visalur and Malayadipatti and one can reach the village driving half a kilometer from the main road. The village is known for its small and cute temple complex, dedicated to Lord Siva and locally […]
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 […]
Three inscriptions in Pudukkotai district glean interesting information on the exequy services to be done by some Valaiyars for the village if death happens and later annulling the order by the Urom as they were out-casted by their community. Among the three inscriptions, one is found at Pulvayal and two at Kumiyanmalai, the inscription of […]
In the Melaimalai hillock of Narttamalai, a rock-cut cave temple lies inside a tarn. Narttamalai is a small hamlet on the northern part of Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu and about 19 kms from the district headquarters Pudukkottai. The village is nestled between nine rocky hillocks and one among the hillock is Melaimalai lying west […]
The vimana of Vasugiswaramudaiyar at Visalur is one of my favourite vimana, a charming one, for me it’s a perfect blend of architecture in petite. Usually, vimana of presiding deity are of reasonable size or even colossal to accentuate its prime-ness in the complex. However, the vimana of Vasugiswaramudaiyar, though it is of the principal […]