03rd February 2020.
This
Brahmeshwarar 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. During Chozha’s rule, a Village gifted to a temple was called Brahmadesam.
By seeing the name of the Village as Brahmadesam, we thought that there must be
an old temple, built during the Chozha period. But to our disappointment, we landed
in this temple and couldn't find antiquity, since the temple was reconstructed
many times and original structures are not maintained.
Moolavar :
Sri Brahmeshwarar
Consort
: Sri Brahmeshwari
Some
of the important details are …
The
temple faces east with a Balipeedam and Nandhi. The sanctum
sanctorum niches / koshtas are empty, But Dakshinamurti, Lingothbavar, Brahma, and Durgai are installed in front of Koshtas. The thorana, above the niches with Bootha gana heads with protruding teeth & various expressions. Ambal
is in a separate temple like sannidhi facing east. A simha vahana is in front
of the Ambal sannadhi.
In
Prakaram Vinayagar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Chandikeswarar,
Saneeswarar, Bhairavar, Navagrahas, Suryan and Chandran.
ARCHITECTURE
The
sanctum sanctorum of Shiva and Ambal temples are constructed with padabandha
adhisthana. Sanctum sanctorum, antarala and arthamandapama are on the
adhisthana. The koshtas depth is less to accommodate the images. The toranas
above the Niches/niches are carved with Bhoota ganas with various facial
expressions & protruding teeth. The prastaram is simple with alpanasis and
without images in the Koodu. A Two thala Nagara vimana is on the sanctum
sanctorum.
HISTORY
AND INSCRIPTIONS
Going
by the architecture of the temple, the temple maybe 300 to 400 years old and
re-constructed in recent years. 19th-20th-century inscriptions are found on the walls of Artha mandapam. Two
times renovations have been carried out in 1999 and 2011 and Kumbhabhishekam was
conducted.
A 19th to 20th century inscriptions
TEMPLE
TIMINGS:
Since
oru kala pooja is conducted the opening and closing times are unpredictable.
CONTACT
DETAILS:
The
Gurukkal may be contacted on his mobile at 6381646716 and 7502845238 for further
clarifications.
HOW
TO REACH:
This
temple is about 250 meters from the Village.
Brahmadesam
is about 21 KM from Bhavani, 34 KM from Erode, 124 KM from
Coimbatore, and 421 KM from Chennai
Nearest
Railway station is Erode.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK
HERE
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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