07, October 2015
Reached
Thanjavur by 07.00 Hrs morning and the meeting was scheduled at 15.30 Hrs. So
planned to visit nearby temples. I was able to see Sri Thanjapureeswarar
Temple and Sri Veeranarasimhar Temple at Vennatrankarai. I wasn’t aware that there are two more Divya Desam Vishnu temples near Sri Veera Narasimhar Temple. So missed
both. People guided me wrongly to get down at Kodi Amman Temple ( this was also
a historical temple ) and walked all the way to Sri Thanjapureeswarar temple.
SRI THANJAPUREESWARAR TEMPLE.
This
temple is also called Kuberapureeswarar Temple. Lord
Thanjapureeswarar meaning the Lord offers asylum to those who surrender to Him.
The three-tier Rajagopuram
Moolavar : Sri Thanjapureeswarar
Consort : Sri Anandavalli
Some of the important features of this temple are …..
The
temple faces east with 3-tier Rajagopuram at the front. Dwajasthambam, balipeedam, and Rishabam in the outer open praharam under a shed.
In the
outer prakaram Sannadhi for Lingas, Dwarabalakar, Dakshinamurthy, Gajalakshmi,
Saraswathy and Panchamuga Anjaneyar, Chandikeswarar, Arthanareeswarar, Brahma,
Kuberan, Sri Ayyappan and Navagrahas.
Dwarapalakas
are at the entrance of mukha mandapam and Sani and Bairavar are in the mukha
mandapam. Artha mandapam is of vavval nethi mandapam type.
Ambal is
in a standing posture and there is a mandapam in front of Ambal Sannidhi.
Ashtalakshmi sudhai sirpangal are on pillars of the mandapam.
In
Koshtam Durgai, Brahma, Dakshinamurthy and Natarajar. Moolavar
is a little big in size and tall.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
It was
said that the temple is older than Thanjavur Big temple, 1000 to 2000 years. To
prove this there are no inscriptions available. Marathi inscriptions are there
on the front mandapam Pillars. Marathi kings might had dome thirupani.
Martahi inscriptions
Martahi inscriptions
Martahi inscriptions
Martahi inscriptions
LEGENDS
When
Kuberan lost all his wealth to his brother Ravana, came to Thanjavur to worship
Lord Shiva and got back all his wealth. Hence Lord Shiva is called Thanjapureeswrar.
TEMPLE TIMINGS :
The
temple is kept open between 07.00 Hrs to 12.00 Hrs and 16.30 Hrs to 20.00 Hrs.
CONTACT
DETAILS:
Duraiswamy
Gurukkal may be contacted through his mobile at 9677818114
HOW TO
REACH :
The Temple
is on the main road ie. on the way from Thanjavur to Thiruvaiyaru, 5 KM from
Thanjavur. Get down after Kodi Amman Temple.
LOCATION
OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
Moolavar Vimanam
Moolavar Vimanam and Dakshinamurthy sannadhi
Ambal Temple front mandapam
SRI NARASIMHA PERUMAL TEMPLE
This is one of the 108 Divya Desa
Vishnu Temples on the banks of River Vennaru. There are three temples from one
Divya Desa Temple, which are 200 meters
to 300 meters apart from each other called Thanjaimaamani Koyil.
Mangalasasanam was done by Thirumangai alwar, Nammalwar and Bhoodhathalwar. The
other two are Sri Manikundra Perumal Temple and Sri Neelamega Perumal Temple. In
ancient days this place was called Yazhinagar.
Moolavar : Sri Veeranarasimhar
Thayar : Sri Thanjai
Nayagi
Some of the important features of
this temple are….
The temple faces East with
separate sannadhi for Thanjai Nayagi Thayar, Andal, and Thirumangai Alwar. Moolavar
Narasimhar is in a sitting posture with Sridevi and Bhoodevi and Garudalvar
sannadhi is in the front mandapam.
In the mandapam sannadhi for Sri
Renganathar, Varadharajar, Visvakshenar, PeriyaNambikal, Alavanthar, Ramanujar
and Manavala Mamunikal.
Dwajasthambam, Palipedam, and
Garudalwar are immediately after the entrance arch.
As per the legend, Sri Veera
Narasimhar took the form of Yazhi to Kill the demon Thanjaka, who took the form of an elephant. Hence this place was called Thanjai Yazhi Nagar or Thanjamapuri
and later it became Thanjavur.
Marathi inscriptions are available on
the pillars, which speak about the significant contributions made to this
temple by King Saraboji.
TEMPLE TIMINGS :
The temple will be kept open
between 08.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs to 20.00 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS :
The following are telephone numbers
8940212119 and 9952114758.
HOW TO REACH :
The Temple is on the main road -on
the way from Thanjavur to Thiruvaiyaru, 5 KM from Thanjavur. Get down after
Kodiamman Temple.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
Entrance
Mottai Gopuram
Sanctum sanctorum view from Mottai Gopuram
Dwajasthambam
and balipeedam
Moolavar
sannadhi
Lakshmi
Narayanan – a relief
Thanjai Nayagi Thayar sannadhi vimanam –
Narasimhar on the gopuram a Stucco Image
Andal
sannadhi
How
do they get these two Pallava periods Simha Pillar and Nayak's period Yazhi Pillar. If these belong
to this temple then the temple must be at least 600 to 700 years old. Now installed for the well.
To be Continued .........
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