12th June 2018
THEN KAILAYAM
This north (West) facing shrine was built by Panchavan Madevi, wife
of Rajendra Chozha. In memory of the Victory over the Nulambas, a part of the Kannada region. After the victory, 46
numbers of lathe-turned & intricate carved pillars,
made of soapstone to support the praharam, were brought from the Nulamba region. The
story behind these 46 pillars goes like this…. Only 45 pillars were brought and
one was made by the Chozha sculptures within two days, without any difference
between original and duplicate. ( in my
opinion, it may not be true since soap stones are not available in any part of Tamil
Nadu region, then how could it be possible.? ). The temple was built with
padabandha adhisthana and deva Koshtams supported by pilasters on both sides.
Sri Subramaniar, Agnidevar, Shiva, and Durga are in koshtam and Brahma is in a sitting posture. The
koshta images are defaced. The shrine has only one inscription which speaks
about the donation given to this temple by a lady called Adhikarachi Muthana
Pon Nangai, who worked under King Rajendra Chozha.
As per the legend, Appar wants to have the darshan of Lord Shiva
at Kailash. So he walked alone from Kasi after taking a bath in the Ganges. At one
stage he could not walk and crawled with blood bleeding from his hands and legs. On
seeing Appar’s devotion Lord Shiva created a pond at Mount Himalayas asked him
to take a dip and promised to give darshan at Thiruvaiyaru. When he came out
of the pond and had the darshan of Lord Shiva with his consort and Devaganas
at this Then Kailayam Temple.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
VADA KAILAYAM
This shrine was built by Sakthi Vidangi also called Logamadevi, wife of Rajaraja Chozha – I. Hence the Lord Shiva of this temple is
called Logamadeeswaramudaiar and the temple is called Loga Mahadevi Eswaram. There are more than 10 inscriptions of Rajaraja ( with his full title
) period and one inscription belongs to Rajadhiraja-I, which speaks about the gifts
made to the temple in terms of land, sheep and gold ornaments, vessels towards daily
poojas, burning of perpetual lamps and maintenance of this temple. In one of
the inscriptions, Rajarajan’s wife is referred to as Nambiratiyar Danti Sakti
Vidanki.
This shrine was built like a temple with Padma bandha
adhisthana. The sanctum sanctorum consists of Sanctum, antarala, Arathamandapa
and mukha mandapa. Yazhi vari is shown above
kumudam and valapi is shown below kapotam. The kapotam has Nasis with
motifs. The Bhitti / sanctum walls have the koshtas with
pilasters on both sides and Makara torana on the above. In the makara thorana cute
miniature sculptures are carved. In between the koshtas, there are empty
koshtas with Vishnu kantha a pilasters. The koshta murtis Dakshinamurthy and
Brahma are original and in defaced condition. A
special miniature sculpture on one of the north side koshta is the kuda koothu, similar to the one at
Thanjavur, Rajarajecharam and Thiruvellarai. This represents that Thirumal
danced Kuda koothu to save Aniruthan, the son of Kaman from Asura Vaanan. It is believed that Kuda koothu is the forerunner
of Karakattam, a form of South Indian folk dance.
The title of Rajaraja Chozha in the inscription
Kuda koothu
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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