27th
July 2019.
The
visit to this Thiruvalangadu temple was a part of the Kumbakonam Heritage Walk organized by "Yaaooyaakay"
- யாஊயாகே” and "Celebrate
Kanchi" on 27th
and 28th July 2019. In this
walk, 13 temples were covered, which included 6 Padal Petra Shiva Temples. Will
be posting the details of the temples which are not covered during my previous visits/ Padal
Petra Sthalangal Visit. This place Thiruvalangadu
is on the bus route from Kumbakonam to Mayiladuthurai ( not near Thiruvallur ).
Moolavar :
Sri Vadaraneswar
Consort :
Sri Vandarkuzhali Amman
Some of the salient features of this temple are…
The temple faces west. A mottai gopuram is in
front with a stucco image of Shiva and Parvati on the top. Dwajasthambam, Balipeedam, and Rishabam are after
the entrance mottai Gopuram. On the right is the temple tank. In the second
level, the Rajagopuram is of 5 tiers. Ambal is in a separate temple like
sannadhi on the right side.
Irattai Vinayagar and Sri Valli
Devasena Subramaniyar are in muka mandapam. In koshtam Durgai, Arthanareeswarar as Rishabanthikar,
Brahma, Lingothbavar as Annamalaiyar, Dakshinamurthy, Vinayagar and Vishnu.
In Prakaram Natarajar, Gajalakshmi, old Vandarkuzhali
Amman, Saraswathi, Shiva Lingas, Dakshinamurthy, Sandikeswarar, Bhairavar,
Shanishwar, Suryan, Nagar, 63var, Somaskandar, Vinayagar, Kasi Viswanathar with
Visalakshi and Kaveri Amman.
ARCHITECTURE
The temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, antarala, artha mandapam and mukha mandapam. The sanctum sanctorum was built on a Padma bandha
adhisthana with virutha kumuda. A two-tier vesara vimana is over the sanctum.
HISTORY
AND INSCRIPTIONS
The temple was built during the Chozha period. The
prakara and the mandapa around the sanctum sanctorum were rebuilt by Marathas. There
is a measurement scale with an inscription on the praharam side of the
Rajagopuram. The inscriptions speaks about the measurement is 16 feet, which is copied from Thanjavur Rajarajecharam
temple.
The measurement scale inscription
Thiruvadi on the head ( written as Kulothunga ..?)
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The
temple will be kept open between 07.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs to 20.00
hrs.
HOW TO REACH:
Thiruvalangadu
is on the bus route from Kumbakonam to Mayiladuthurai, before Thiruvaduthurai.
Thiruvalangadu
is about 20 KM from Kumbakonam and 15 KM from Mayiladuthurai.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
A Loose sculpture
---OM
SHIVAYA NAMA---
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