Friday, 21 December 2018

Sri Arulmalai Andavar Temple / ஸ்ரீ அருள்மலை ஆண்டவர் கோயில், தோரணவாவி / Thoranavavi, near Gobichettipalayam, Erode District, Tamil Nadu.

08th December 2018.
On the way to Kolappalur from Kavindapadi we passed through this Thoranavavi Arulmalai Andavar Temple. Our ancestors worshiped Arulmalai Andavar as a Kulatheivam, till they found out the Sri Veeramathi Amman. But still our community people of our Village used to Visit this temple. After my last visit the Kumbhabhishekam was conducted in 2018  and lot of changes has been made.
 

Presiding Deity: Sri Murugan / Arulmalai Andavar

Some of the important features of this temple are.....
The Presiding deity is Murugan, without Sri Valli and Devasena, holding a stick, like Palanimalai Murugan. But how he was named as Si Kirubakara Subramania Swamy?.. is not known.

During the recent renovations, the Shiva Lingam and a Rishabam, which are kept in a small sannadhi was shifted to the renovated old Mandapam built during Vijayanagara Nayaks period. Vinayagar was also shifted to the Shiva Temple mandapam.

 Shiva Sannadhi
 Renovated Vijayanagara/ Nayak period mandapam

The Murugan in main sanctum sanctorum with front mandapam  was completely dismantled and redone. The entrance are also changed. The height of the Vimanam also increased.   There is no sannadhi for Amman, since the presiding deity is Murugan or Arulmalai Andavar. A safety locker room was created for safe keeping of Urchavars. New Sapthakannis sannadhi was created on the back side of the main sanctum.

At the base of the hill a Vinayagar sannidhi with metacolour sheet shed was created  after removing the old died tree. More details on my previous visit to this Sri Arulmalai Andavar Temple was recorded in one of my post of this blog.


This Temple presiding deity Sri Arumalai Murugan was praised by the 18th Century Kullaiyan’s son and a poet Avinashi Pulavar in his “Thingalur nondi Nadakam”. 

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE    :CLICK HERE




Entrance Mandapam



---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---

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