Temples
Tamil Nadu is known as : Land of Temples. Nearly 33000 ancient temples - many at least 600 to 800 years old, scattered all over the land. Studded with complex architecture, variety of sculptures and rich inscriptions - capture the very essence of the culture and heritage of Tamil land, historically more than 2000 years old.
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ThakkolamGangadheeswarar Temple
Name of the Temple: Gangadheeswarar Temple About: Thiruvurai alias Thakkolam is historically important as the battle-field where the Rashtrakutas and the Cholas fought in 949 A.D. during the time of Rajaditya. The stone inscriptions in the temple reveal that this temple should have been built during the time of Pallava dynasty and was later on improved upon by Chola Kings. The temple occupies an area of about 5 acres. The temple has beautiful sculptures and valuable inscriptions. This is the temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in the name of Gangadeeswarar accompanied by Lordess Mohanavalli Ambal. The reason for naming the principal deity to Ganga was due to the fact that the temple itself was established at the mouth of an artesian well. The water coming out of the artesian well due to natural pressure was made to circumvent the Linga and finally come out through the mouth of a Nandi. But two decades ago due to lowering of the water table in the town, the natural phenomenon stopped and consequent to this the temple lost its glory and it is almost in a dilapidated condition at present. Somanatheeswarar temple
Name of the Temple: Somanatheeswarar temple
About: Thirumambayanathar Temple
Name of the Temple: Thirumampayanathar Koil
About: This is one of the important Siva temples of the town. The Ishwara of this temple, Lord Thirumambazhanatheeswarar alongwith Lord Jalanatheeswarar and Lord Somanatheeswarar join together on the day of 'Aaruthra' and give dharshan to the devotees. The temple is presently under renovation. |
