Kanisapakkam Village with - 1500 Years old Heritage Temples & History, in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu,

August 2019.

This Kanisapakkam Village in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu is about 2 KM off from  Chennai to Thanjavur main road. From the evidences of sculptures and the statues unearthed  in the recent years, has more than 1500 years old history. The Village has the guardian temples like Sri Kanaka Thandu Mariamman, Sri Kanni Aatha, Sri Ellai Pidari. Also has the Kaman Temple, Shiva Temple, Vishnu Temple and a Jinalaya constructed in different periods.

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SAPTHA KANNIS

The Villagers calls this as Kanni Aatha. A 7 Kannimar panel with a devotee in worshiping posture is  installed in the midst of a sugar cane field. In addition to this Veerabhadra and Ambal statue are in front. The Villagers offer wooden  statues as a prayer.

SAPTAMATRIKAS OR SAPTHA MATHAS

This Saptamatrikas might be in a separate Temple. Saptamatrikas are in a single panel. Vinayagar and Veerabhadra are individual sculptures. This Saptamatrikas is now called as Porayatha. Annual festival is being celebrated by the Villagers during Tamil Aadi month. As per the Experts this saptamatrikas panel may belongs to Pallava Period 9-10th Century. 

SRI KANISHWARAR SHIVA TEMPLE

This temple was built during recent years with the Old big Shiva Linga, Nandhi and Ambal.

Moolavar    : Sri Eswaran

Consort      : Sri Periyanayaki.

Some of the important details of the temple are. 

The temple consists of sanctum Sanctorum, artha mandapam and a mukha mandapam. The mukha mandapam is under construction. In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Mahavishnu, Brahma and Durgai.  Vinayagar, Lingas, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Chandikeswarar, Navagrahas, Bairavar, hanuman sannadhis are around the sanctum sanctorum. It was told the Shiva Lingam was unearthed during ploughing of a field.

KAMAN TEMPLE.

An old Shiva Lingam with round avudayar and a Rishabam are found on the west side of the Water Tank. The Villagers do not have any idea, when the same was unearthed and how it came to this place. There are two bricks erected behind the Shiva Lingam. The Villagers told that these are the Manmathan & Rathi. Every year  a 10 day festival will be conducted as per the Rathi & Manmathan story, which includes Theru Koothu, burning of Manmadhan, etc.

ELLAI PIDARI AMMAN TEMPLES.

This Village has 2 Ellai Pidari statues installed open to sky on the two directions of the Village. Basically these are stone slabs inscribed with an enthiram. It is believed that these Ellai Pidari Ammans are the guarding deities of this Village from any deceases  entering in to the Village and protect it. Regular Poojas are also offered to these deities.

SRI KANAKA THANDU MARIAMMAN TEMPLE

This is a newly constructed Village deity is on the eeasniya corner of the Village. This complex has a sanctum for Sri Kanaka Thandu Mariamman, a mandapa, Nagars under peepal tree.  Pothu Raja’s  stone statue is erected in front of Amman,  The ceilings  and walls has the paintings of Shiva and Amman.

Pothu Raja

JAIN TIRTHANKARA.

This Tirthankara was identified, about 4 years before. Based on the iconography and the inscription inscribed on the back, the experts of the opinion that the  Tirthankara may belongs to 11^th Century. The details of this Kanisapakkam Tirthankara was written in a separate post.

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