3rd February
2020.
This
Olageshwarar Temple’s Visit was a part of a Heritage Visit to temples, Hero
stones, and Heritage sites around Anthiyur and Athani, scheduled on 03rd February
2020. On this visit, we tried to cover only ancient temples. The first visit was
to this 12th to 13th Century Shiva temple.
Moolavar :
Sri Olageshwarar
Consort :
Sri Ulaga Nayagi
Some
of the salient features of this temple are…
The
temple faces east with a 3-tier Rajagopuram. Balipeedam, Dwajasthambam, and Rishabam are immediately after the rajagopuram. Moolavar is swayambhu. In Koshtam
Vinayagar, Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma and Durgai.
In
prakaram sannadhi for Vinayagar, Sri Valli Devasena Shanmuga
Subramaniar, Chandikeswarar, Bhairavar, Navagrahas, Chandran, Suryan and
Saneeswaran. Ambal is in artha mandapam facing south. In addition to this, there
are some Hero stones, and details will be posted separately.
ARCHITECTURE
The
sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum, antarala, and artha mandapam. The
adhistanam is of very simple padabandha adhisthana with tripatta kumuda. The
Artha mandapam might have been constructed after the sanctum. The Rajagopuram
was constructed during the Vijayanagara period.
HISTORY
AND INSCRIPTIONS
As
per the inscription this place was called Ulagavidangam and Lord Shiva was
called Vageeswarar. Since this temple bears 13th-century inscriptions, this temple belongs to the 12th century or
before. The 13th Century Kongu Chozha Veera Rajendran's 24th year
rule inscription on the Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar sannidhi’s entrance
side stone records the construction of this sannidhi Kundramerintha Pillayar (Lord Muruga is also called as Kundramerintha Pillayar) by Vadakari Nattu
Ulagavidanga Village Kallai Vettuvar Karunchokkan Valiya Chokkan.
A
13th Century Kongu Pandyar Sundara Pandyan period inscription
on the maha mandapam entrance side stone opposite Sri Subramaniar sannidhi
records the gift of land to this Olageshwarar Temple and it also
mentions the erection of Soolakal on all four boundaries.
A
13th Century Kongu Chozha Kulothungan’s 5th-year rule inscription on the Maha mandapam entrance side stone opposite Ambal
sannidhi records the gift of land to this temple by Vadakarai Nattu
Ulagavidanga Village Kallai Vettuvar Sadaya Nammpillai.
The
13th century ( without the King’s name and year ) inscription
records the King’s direct order of gift to Vadakarai Nadu, Poovaniya
Nadu, Kizhangka Nadu, and Venkala Nadu. Since the inscription was damaged very
heavily the details are not known.
The
13th Century Kongu Chozha Veera Rajendran's 34th year
Rule inscription on the maha mandapam west wall records the gift. The details
are not known.
The
14th Century Kongu Chozha Vikrama Chozha period inscription on
the maha mandapam north side wall records the gift and the details are not known.
During
renovations, some of the stones were interchanged and some were lost. Hence the
inscriptions of Vikrama Chozha, Tribhuvana Veera Thevar, etc., are not complete
and do not have continuity.
Kumbhabhishekam
was conducted in 1894 and 2003.
Vijayanagara period inscription
TEMPLE
TIMINGS:
The
temple will be kept open between 07.00 hrs to 11.00 hrs and 17.00 hrs to 19.00
hrs.
CONTACT
DETAILS:
Sri
Eswara Gurukkal may be contacted on his mobile at 9597097614 and 9842639376 for
further details.
HOW
TO REACH:
This
Shiva Temple at Olagadam is about 300 from Olagadam EB office on the Olagadam
to Rajakumaranoor Road.
Olagadam
is 9 KM from Anthiyur, 17 KM from Bhavani, 41 KM from Erode, and 420
KM from Chennai.
Nearest
Railway junction is Erode.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK
HERE
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OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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