17th
June 2018.
After the Talakadu Visit, on the way to Kaliyuru (where the Chozha’s victory memorial tablet or
the Hero Stone is found), Mr John said
that there are two Chozha period Temples
at Malingi otherwise called Tadimalingi. This Village is on the south bank
of river Kaveri. It was told that this place was once called Maavilangai which later turned to Malingi. (Tadi means edge in Kannada, in this case, edge of river Kaveri). When we were about to
return without being able to locate the Shiva temple, an auto driver guided us to
this temple.
Moolavar : Sri
Mahalingesvara
Some of the
important details are...
The temple faces east amid houses of Malingi village without any proper approach.
There is no proper entrance and entrance arch to this temple. The sanctum
sanctorum consists of sanctum, antarala, and artha mandapam. The sanctum sanctorum is of pada bandha adhistanam. The artha mandapam pillars are found cute with simple capital or
pothyal. The niches are empty without
any koshta Murtis. There is no vimana
found above the sanctum.
In the
Antarala, the remains of saptamatrikas group of Varahi, Brahmi, Maheswari, Indrani and Veerabhadra.
Jyeshta Devi's image (not a fine finish and without a big belly) is also in the
antarala.
The period in which the temple was built is not known, but an early Chozha’s Kali icon was mentioned in a middle Chozhas
book written by S R Balasubramaniam. Inscriptions are found on the sanctum wall
and kumudam of the mandapam. The inscriptions belong to 1042 AD, Rajendran –I period starts with his title 'Thirumanni Valara" - திரு மன்னி வளர- speaks about the donation made to this temple. The temple had undergone renovations in recent years.
Rajendra-I, inscription
TEMPLE
TIMINGS:
There is no
fixed time, but the key is available at the nearby house.
HOW TO REACH:
Tadimalingi is
on the way from Talakadu to Kollegal and is about a km off the main road.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
A koshtam without images
Pillars Mandapam Pillars with simple capital
Jyeshta devi
Inscriptions on the floor
---OM SHIVAYA
NAMA---
tavvayai /moola devi or jyesta devi comes in which ruler period along with year.
ReplyDeleteThe worship of Jyeshta Devi started in the 3rd Century BCE and continued till the 7th to 8th Century. Please read this article..
Deletehttps://veludharan.blogspot.com/2021/09/jyeshta-devi-thavvai-worship-at.html