Wednesday, 29 January 2020

Sri Chennakesava Perumal Temple / Sri Chenraya Perumal Temple, Elagiri Village / Yelagiri Village, Tirupattur District, Tamil Nadu.

05th January 2020.
The visit to this temple was a part of the 73rd Ahimsa walk organized by the Tamil Samanars/Jains at Elagiri Village on 5th January 2020. At the entrance of the Village Elagiri happened to see a flex banner about this Vishnu temple. Incidentally, we had stopped near this temple to Visit the Tirthankara temple.


Moolavar : Sri Chennakesava Perumal
Thayar    : Sri Padmavathi.

Some of the salient features of this temple are...
The temple faces east (Yelagiri Hill) with a Deepasthambam with balipeedam. The sanctum sanctorum consists of  Sanctum, antarala and a mukha mandapam. Moolavar is with Sridevi and Bhudevi. Urchavars are in-front. The Mukha mandapa was built during recent years connecting the existing Chozha period structure.


ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
The sanctum sanctorum is on a padabandha adhisthana with tripatta kumuda. The sanctum walls have the koshtas without images. There is no Vimana on the sanctum sanctorum. The Kulothunga Chozha-II (1135 to 1155CE) inscriptions are found on the adhistanam. Hence this Vishnu temple may belong to the 11th to 12th Century. The inscription records the gift of land to this temple.
 

Kulothunga period inscription

HOW TO REACH:
This Temple is adjacent to the Government elementary school on the Elagiri Village Road.
This temple is about 2 km from Jolarpet Junction.
The nearest Railway station is Jolarpet.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE  12.555434, 78.592355, 





---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---

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