19th
January 2020.
After a gap of 2
months, once again started with Mr. Kesavan, A heritage enthusiast of the Shiva and Vishnu temples from
Arasar Koil to Koovathur on the banks of Palar River, near Chengalpattu. This
Vishnu temple is one of the lesser-known temples at Kavathur/Kavadur, on the
banks of the river Kiliyar, which starts from Madurantakam Lake and joins with the Palar River.
Moolavar : Sri Adhikesava Perumal
Consort : Sri Ambujavalli Thayar
Some of the salient
features of this temple are….
The temple faces
east with a Deepasthambam and 3-tier
Rajagopuram. The Rajagopuram inside has a small mandapam. Balipeedam and
Garudan are after the Rajagopuram. In the sanctum, Moolavar Sri Adhikesava Perumal
is with Sridevi and Bhudevi. There are no Koshta images. Dwarapalakas are at the entrance of
artha mandapam. Vahanas for utsavam are in the Mukha mandapam.
The stucco image of Sri Adhikesava
Perumal is with Sridevi, and Bhudevi is on the top of the parapet wall of the mukha mandapam. There is also a mandapam on the left side of the sanctum
sanctorum. In prakaram madapalli, Sri Ambujavalli Thayar and Andal.
ARCHITECTURE
The sanctum sanctorum
consists of a sanctum, antarala, artha mandapam, and a mukha mandapam. The adhisthana is padabandha adhisthana with
tripatta kumuda. An Ekathala vesara
vimana is on the sanctum sanctorum. The main temple was constructed during the Pandya period and further expanded during the Vijayanagara period.
HISTORY
AND INSCRIPTIONS
As per the
inscriptions, the temple may belong to the 12th to 13th Century Pandya period, and the side mandapa and mukha
were built during the Vijayanagara Nayak period.
The adhisthana has the Pandya and Vijayanagara period inscriptions. An
inscription is in Telugu also. The Maravarman Sundara Pandyan’s (1216 to 1238 CE) period inscription
records the gift to this temple.
The temple was
reconstructed with Rajagopuram and Kumbhabhishekam was performed in 2019.
A stone inscription stands outside the temple
A land donation inscription- Aravazhi kal
An inscription stone outside of the temple
A Pandya period inscription
A Telugu inscription
POOJAS
& CELEBRATIONS
Vishnu Deepam,
Pavithrotsavam, Rama Navami, Krishna Jayanthi, Aadi month Brahmotsavam, and Avani Avittam annual Abhishekam are celebrated
grandly. Margazhi Bhajan
Kothandaraman 9965727577, Vijayaraghavan 9025843263, Krishnamurthy 984146664, and Murthy 9444535628 may be contacted for further details.
TEMPLE
TIMINGS:
The temple will be
kept open between 07.00 hrs and 09.00 hrs and between 17.00 hrs and 19.00 hrs.
CONTACT
DETAILS.
The landline number
+91 44 2464 3873 may be contacted for further details.
HOW
TO REACH:
The Bus routes from
T6, T10, T4, and Kumaran bus service from Thatchur Koot Road pass through Devadur; from there, the temple is about a km.
The temple is 12 km from Madurantakam, 30 km from Chengalpattu, and 90 km from Chennai.
The nearest Railway
station is Chengalpattu.
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE
A damaged beautiful Vishnu statue
Hanuman?
--- OM SHIVAYA
NAMA---
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