08th December 2018.
Mr Devan who belongs to the Vettuvar Community and works
with BSNL told me about this Pulikuthi
Kal temple at Palappalayam near
Gobichettipalayam ( The same person looks after the Kavindapadi Arulmigu Pulikuthi Swamy Tempe). Landed at Palappalayam bus stop on the way to Erode from Gobichettipalayam on 8th
December 2018 around 18.00 hrs. When I enquired about the local people, one man
guided me to this temple which is in the old Palappalayam Village before a
School. The temple looked like a cave with
a dim light. I could figure out the Pulkuthi Nadukal, standing inside the
square sanctum, about 1.5 feet below the outside ground level. The temple was
built with a village-style pyramid-shaped vimana. Once there was a front mandapa and now the
stones with reliefs of snake, man. Fish are scattered around the temple.
The Pulikuthi Pattan Kal is very simple. The tiger and the
hero are carved on a stone slab. The hero is shown in a standing position,
holding a spear in both hands. Unlike other Pulikuthi Hero stones, there is a
distance maintained between the Hero and
the tiger which also stands on two legs. The hero is wearing a half-dress below
the hip. Experts are of the opinion that this Pulikuthi Pattan Nadu Kal may belong to the 18th to 19th Century.
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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