Sri Karivaradharaja Perumal Temple, Kolumam, near Udumalpet, Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu.

10^th September 2017.

I had  planned to attend a meeting at our kula deivam Sri Veeramathi Amman’s temple, at Talkuni Near Gobichettipalayam,  on 10^th September 2017  in connection with kumbhabhishekam. The previous day, the 09^th Sep, being a second Saturday, thought of visiting  some of the heritage sites around Udumalpet. 3 of my friends from Erode and Salem also joined with us at Udumalpet.

 

This heritage visit was a mixture of Temples, Rock Art, Jain’s cave and Hero & Sati stones around Udumalpet of Kongu Region, which was once ruled by Kumanan, one of the "Kadai ezhu vallalkal" ), which was led by Mr Sadasivam ( Then kongu Sadasivam, who has a rich experience in heritage sites and also he was involved in excavation of kodumanal, along with Archaeology Department personnel ). The temples which we visited are on the banks of river Amaravati. As per the legend,  the Kongu Chozha King Veera Rajendran had constructed seven temples on the banks of Amaravathi river, since he got the Graha dosham when a solar eclipse happened on his birth date. The construction of these temples are pariharam for that dosham caused.

 

Sri Karivaradharaja Perumal temple is on the entrance of Kolumam Village facing east. The temple was built during Kongu Chozha Veera Rajendran's Period ( 1207 CE to 1256CE ).  It was also told that the original statues were stolen, when the temple was under the control of two families of that Village with a dispute. HR & CE Department had taken of the control of the temple. During our visit the temple was closed and we could see only the inscriptions on the athistanam of the front mandapam.

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