THIRUNERKUNDRANATHAR TEMPLE, THINNAKULAM Thinnakulam is a small hamlet in Pullambadi taluk in Tiruchirappalli district. The village is credited with a Chola period temple dedicated to Lord Siva in the name Thirunerkundranathar. Thirunerkundranathar temple is a single prakara complex, with the main shrine consists of a vimana, mukha-mandapa, maha-mandapa and open pillared mandapa, encompassed by huge […]
THIRUPOONTHURUTHI Thirupoonthuruthi, a village in Thiruvaiyaru block of Thanjavur district is renowned for Thirupoonthuruthi Mahadevar temple, an Early Chola temple and also one among the Thiruvaiyaru Saptasthanam group of temples. The temple is also associated with saints like Appar, Sundarar, Narayana Thirtha. Saint Appar established a mutt and did weeding work in this temple. Appar […]
RAVANA’S HUMILIATING DEFEAT UNDER VALI Thiruvidaimaruthur a town panchayat and headquarters of Thiruvidaimaruthur taluk is an important pilgrim center of Kumbakonam region, about 9kms from Kumbakonam and 38kms from the district headquarters Thanjavur. The place is renowned for Mahalingaswami temple, a padalpetra sthalam and also one among the Thiruneelakkudi Saptasthanam. The place and temple is […]
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 […]
Government Museum, Chennai, popularly known as Madras Museum is one of the oldest and largest Museum in India for Natural and Cultural history. A sprawling campus with British period structures, is situated in the neigbourhood of Egmore and also houses Connemara Library, National Art Gallery in the same complex. Madras Museum is known for its […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Vimana of Samavedeswara shrine is dvitala misra vimana; nagara talas with dravida sikhara. The vimana is raised on a upapitha, however partially inhumed due to the floor pavement of the prakara. The padas in the gala complex of upapitha in the north, south and west are adorned with miniatures of Ramayana series. The vimana […]