02nd December 2018
SAPTHA
KANNIYARS AT VAYALAKKAVOOR
Happened to visit Vayalakkavoor,
a Village near Walajabad in connection with Ahimsa Walk organized by the Tamil
Jains on 02nd December 2018.
This Saptha kannis temple is on the banks of the river Cheyyar and about 100
meters from the newly constructed Mahaveer Tirthankara temple. The temple is
covered with wall on all the 4 sides with a gate on the east, without roof. The
stucco image of Amman is in sitting posture, on a pedestal. While the
upper hands holds mazhu and pasam, the
lower hands are in abhaya and varada hastham. Below the Amman statue is the saptha Kanniyar panel. In the
Saptha kannis panel a woman is sitting on the extreme left and an elephant on
the right. The Saptha Kannis are shown
with two hands. One hand is hanging and the other holds, a thandam or a flower
? In front of the temple a Narasimhar(?) idol with a knife holding in the right
hand. The balipeedam is in front. On both sides are 2 horses and two elephants.
This panel seems to be different from the commonly available saptha kannis panels.
SATI
STONE AT ANGAMPAKKAM
On the way to Chennai from
Vayalakkavoor, visited Angampakkam to see a Tirthankara kept in a Hanuman
Temple. On the left side of the temple
there is Sati stone. The hero is holding a sword on his right hand ( down)
and what is there in the left hand is
not known. The hero’s wife holding a pot
in her right hand and what she is holding the left hand is also not known.
ENTHIRAKAL
AT ANGAMPAKKAM
The enthiram with soolam are inscribed on a stone and is erected on the
right side of the temple. This enthirakal is called in different names in
different Villages. The Villagers believes that, any deceases like kalara, Ammai/ Chickenpox/ smallpox,
etc., will not enter in to the village when it is erected at the beginning of the village.
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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