Thirukolakka Sapthapureeswarar Temple, Thirukalakka, Mayiladuthurai District, Tamil Nadu.

14^th & 15^th September 2019.

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The visit to this Thirukolakka Sapthapureeswarar Temple was already covered under Paadal Petra Sthalams darshan. This second visit was a part of a temple visit, in and around Sirkazhi, on the 14^th and 15^th of September 2019. It was almost 20.00 hours and the temple was about to close. The front arch with stucco images on both sides was constructed after my first visit. This temple is also called “Osai Kodutha Nayaki temple”. This is the 69^th Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam and the 15^th temple on the north side of the river Kaveri. This temple has Thirugnanasambandar and Sundarar Thevaram Pathigam. This temple is about a km from Sirkazhi Sattainathar / Sri Thoniappar Temple.

 

Moolavar : Sri Sapthapureeswarar, Sri Thiruthalamudayar, 

                Sri Thiruthalapureeswarar.

Consort   : Sri Osainayagi, Sri Osaikodutha Nayagi, 

                Sri Thonipranthambal.

Some of the important features of this temple are as follows.

The temple faces west with a 5-tier Rajagopuram. Balipeedam and Rishabam are in front of the mukha mandapam. The sanctum sanctorum consists of the sanctum, antarala, and artha mandapam. Moolavar is a little large. In koshtam Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma, Vishnu, Durgai (Astabhujam), Ayyappan, Suryan, and Chandran. In the ardha mandapam, Natarajar, Sri Thalapureeswarar, and Osai Nayaki.

In the praharam Sambandha Vinayagar, Somaskandar,  Sri Subramaniar, Sri Mahalakshmi, Bhairavar, Chandikeswarar, Suryan, Chandran, Nalvar, Shani Bhagwan, and Shiva Lingas. Ambal is in a separate Temple with a separate entrance with an interconnecting gate (The main entrance is locked).

LEGEND :

Lord Shiva gave the thalam to Thirugnanasambandar. There is a story that a dump boy was able to speak by the grace of Shiva of this temple, so his father donated a golden thalam to this temple.

TEMPLE TIMINGS

The temple will be kept open from 07.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs, and from 17.00 hrs to 20.30 hrs.

CONTACT DETAILS :

The landline number 04364 274175 may be contacted for further details.

HOW TO REACH :

1.0 km from Thoniappar / Sattainathar temple.

Local people used to call this temple “Osai Kodutha Nayaki temple”.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE:  CLICK HERE

 ( Moolavar Vimanam with Dakshinamurthy sannadhi )

 ( Ambal sannadhi Koshtam image of  Kiriya Kakthi )

 ( Corridor view )

( Dakshinamurthy with Sanagatha Munivars )

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