06th
December 2018.
This 16 pillar
mandapam is very close Kolinjivadi Shiva Temple ( Kottaimedu ), part of Dharapuram. It was said that this
was once in the middle of a Temple tank called “Neerazhi Mandapam” where the deity
would be kept and poojas would be conducted. The mandapam is in ruins now and may
collapse soon.
The Pillars are square
and octagonal sections with floral designs. The corner pillars are a
combination of two pillars in which the smaller pillar has the kumba, kalasa, and palakai arrangement. The Pothiyals are like simha design. The Pothiyals also
have reliefs like Yazhi and Vaishnava saints like Ramanujar. Vishnu Avatharas
like Kalinga Narthanar, etc. The adhisthana has the Oorthuva Padma, round
kumudam (Pirati bandham). There is a
raised platform combining the central 4 pillars.
This mandapam is
believed to have been built during the Vijayanagara Period and has 15th to 16th-century inscriptions on the kumudam surface (due to vegetation growth around the mandapam made it difficult to read what is inscribed on the kumudam). Due to high vegetation growth on the
roof, the mandapam faces the threat of crumbling to pieces.
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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