Friday, 18 October 2019

Sri Thumbeeswara Swamy Devasthanam / Temple, தும்பீஸ்வர சுவாமி தேவஸ்தானம் at Thumburu in Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh

06th October  2019.
The visit to this place Thumburu was a part of Ahimsa Walk organized by the Tamil Jains on 6th October 2019. A Jinalaya with Two Parshvanath Tirthankaras, A Jyeshta Devi, A Vishnu as Chenna Kesava, and a headless Sridevi idol were unearthed from this Village lake bund. The 5th Tirthankaras yakshini name is Thumburu. Hence this place might have obtained the name Thumburu. The Village also has a Shiva Temple a Thumbeeswarar Temple, A Vishnu Temple, and Akamma Amman Temple.


Moolavar : Sri Thumbeeswara Swamy
Consort   : Sri Kamakshi

Some of the important features of this temple are….
The temple faces east with a balipeedam, Dwajasthambam, and Rishabam. The entrance is from south Mandapam. A Vinayagar sannidhi is in the mukha mandapam. Sri Kamakshi Amman is in artha mandapam facing south. Dakshinamurthy bas relief, Vishnu, and Brahma are in the koshtam. These idols are installed at a later stage. 
 
 Dakshinamurthy in koshtam

In the prakaram sannadhi for Vinayagar, Subramaniyar, Chandikeswarar and Navagrahas. These sannadhis are empty now and the idols are kept in the sanctum Sanctorum since the ground level was raised. In the sanctum sanctorum idols of Navagrahas, Saptamatrikas and Chandikeswarar.

 Saptamatrikas
ARCHITECTURE
The adhisthana was built with stone and the superstructure including the Sanctum Sanctorum and eka tala vesara Vimana was built with bricks. The sanctum sanctorum was built with sanctum, antarala, artha mandapam, and a mukha mandapam. The mandapa pillars are of virutha/cylindrical type with Chozha period Capital. The temple renovation was halted due to lack of funds and patronage.



HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
Mr. Vijayakumar, a retired employee of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), said that this temple belongs to the 10th to 12th Century Chozha Period. 

TEMPLE TIMINGS:
Since oru kala pooja is conducted the time of opening and closing is unpredictable.

HOW TO REACH:
The Thumburu village is on the bus route from Chennai to  Tirupati via Uthukottai Pichatur, Narayanavanam, Puttur, and between Pichatur and Narayanavanam. The village is about 500 meters away from the Thumburu Bus stop on the main road.
Thumburu is 9.4 km from Pichatur, 13.9 km from Puttur, and 45 km from Tirupati.
The nearest Railway station is Puttur.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE




 Navagrahas
  Chandikeswarar
  Chandran
 Varahi



---OM SHIVAYA NAMA--- 

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