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 idols were unearthed from this Village lake bund.
The 5th Tirthankaras yakshini name is Thumburu. Hence this place
might have obtained the name as Thumburu. The Village also has a Shiva Temple
as 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 is facing 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 latter 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 super structure including Sanctum Sanctorum and ekathala 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
fund and patronage.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
As per Mr Vijayakumar, a retired employee of Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI ), told that this temple belongs to 10th to 12th Century Chozha Period.
Since oru kala pooja is conducted the time opening
and closing is unpredictable.
HOW TO
REACH:
The Village Thumburu is on the bus route Chennai
to Tirupati via Uthukottai Pichatur, Narayanavanam,
Puttur and between Pichatur and narayanavanam. The Village is about 500 meter
off from 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: CLICK HERE
Navagrahas
Chandikeswarar
Chandran
Varahi
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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