26th September 2016.
I made up mind to attend the
Ponniyin Selvan’s second year meet ( for the 1st years
details... Please Click here ) at Tanjore Periya Kovil ( Big Temple )
immediately on the seeing the Ponniyin Selvan’s Post in FB. I thought it would
add some flavour, to this meet by visiting some temples constructed by
Chozha Kings especially Rajaraja-I and Rajendra Chozha. Mr Raja, Mrs
Sakthi Prakash and Ms Gowthami ( Aathirai Chinnaswamy ) also
joined with me for this visit. We selected Kumbakonam as a hub to
visit to the temples.
Arrived on Saturday and hired a
taxi. We are able to cover Pazhayarai East, ( Keezha Pazhayarai) and North
Temple ( Vada Thali - Muzhaiyur), Patteeswaram, ThiruSakthiMutram,
Thiruvalanchuzhi, Panchavan Madevi Pallipadai, Darasuram and Swamy malai
Murugan ( One of the six abodes of Sri Subramaniar). Panchavan Madevi
Pallipadai and Pazhayarai Vada Thali are not visited before and other
temples visited earlier, as a part of Padal Petra Sthalangal Darshan.
The temples selected are in a sequence such that start from Lodge and
come back to the lodge with out detouring. This would save time and cover more
number of Temples.
KEEZHA PAZHAYARAI / Pazhayarai Keelthali
In Pazhayarai, there are 4 temples
on all the four directions. During my Yathra to Paadal Petra Sthalangal,
visited this temple twice. In the earlier visits, the temple was under
renovation. For the details of my earlier visit. ( Click
here ). The mottai gopuram stands with stone structure at
the base and brick works after that. We had the opportunity of climbing
up to the top.
Pazhayarai was once capital to
Chozha empire. There are series of temples built by Adithya Chozha to celebrate
the victory of the battle at Thirupurambiyam ( 871 – 907 CE ) on the banks of
river Kaveri. The Ponniyin Selvan’s heros Rajaraja Chozha and
Kundavai are grown up here. Rajendra Chozha was brought up here by Kundavai.
The famous Chozha king Vijayalaya lived in Pazhayarai. The capital was moved to
Thanjavur during Sundara Chozhan Period and Pazhayarai lost its importance.
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to be continued ( Pazhayarai Vada thali).
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