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a continuation post to Sri Udanna Virabhadrarar temple
19th June 2017.
This temple is very near to Sri Uadanna
Veerabhadra temple dedicated to Chandikeswarar facing east. Originally this was
dedicated to Vishnu and called Thiruvengalanatha. The sanctum sanctorum consists of
sanctum, antarala, maha mandapa, and mukha mandapa. We could see a lot
of Vaishnava-related reliefs on the pillars like Hanuman, Garuda, Balakrishna,
Kamadhenu, Srinivasa, Vamana, Yashoda churning milk, etc,. There is a peedam with
Garuda's relief in the sanctum. The superstructure of the sanctum was built
with brick and stucco images of Vaishnava. Thayar sannidhi is on the northwest
corner. A Pillared cloister runs round the two sannadhis. Then how this
temple was called Chandikeswarar Temple, do not know.
A Rishabam is sitting in the mandapam and a
Shiva Lingam is also installed in one of the sannadhi. There is an Ambal sannidhi
built at a later stage on the left side of the moolavar sannadhi.
LOCATION: CLICK
HERE
Sanctum View from the bottom
Sanctum
Muka
mandapam
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to be continued Zannana Enclosure
---OM
SHIVAYA NAMA---
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