Pallipadai and Sati Stone at Kaveripattinam near Krishnagiri, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu.

A continuation Post to Krishnagiri Heritage Visit Hero and Sati stones

11^th March 2018.

PALLIPADAI TEMPLE

This is a continuation post of our Krishnagiri Heritage Visit on 11^th March 2018. After breakfast at  Kaveripattinam, we continued our journey to Krishnagiri. At the end of  Kaveripattinam before the Thenpennai river, there was a small Vinayagar temple, by the side of the road. On the back side of Vinayagar thiruvasi a relief panel was erected with a Shiva Linga at the center and two Rishabas on both sides. The umbrella and mirror? are shown above the Shiva lingam. The top is like a Vimana and yazhi thorana. Also shows the Sun on the left and the moon on the right, which means this should exist till the sun and moon exist. It was told that this is a pallipadai temple, a memorial built for a great person with his remains in this place. The Vinayagar might have been installed at a later stage.

SATI STONE

After crossing the river Thenpennai had been to Sri Rajarajeswari  Matriculation School, in Tapovanam. The sati stone was lying by the side of a playground and it was learned that action had been taken to erect it in a safe place inside the premises.

In the sati stone, the hero is holding a sword in his right hand and a shield in his left.  Katar is shown on his waist. The Hero and his wife are shown with the dress from hip to foot. The hero’s wife's ornaments and hair twisting are also clearly shown.   The specialty of this Sati stone is the pot with a high neck and a hookah-like long spout arrangement. It was told that this sati stone may belong to the 16^th to 17^th century.

A beautiful hairstyle

---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---

... to be Continued Dolmens, Rock arts - Mallachandram