Sri Kanakapureeswarar Temple / ஸ்ரீ கனகபுரீஸ்வரர் கோயில், தொழுப்பேடு / Thozhupedu, Thiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu.

The visit to this Kanakapureeswarar Temple at Thozhupedu was a part of  Heritage Visit to the Temples, Thavvai, Kotravai, Durgai, Hero Stone sculpture’s around Cheyyar in Tiruvannamalai District on 22^nd August 2021. Thanks to Logesh for his guidance, Babu mano and manoj, for taking me to this place. 

Moolavar  : Sri Kanakapureeswarar

Consort    : Sri Swarnambigai

Some of the salient features of this temple are….

This temple is facing east on a small mountain. A Deepa Sthambam is in front of the temple. The temple is under re-construction. Two Shiva Lingas one with square avudayar and the other without Avudayar ( the original one ), with respective Nandi and Amman are kept in a temporary shed. Ambal seems to be of Chozha period and one Shiva Linga is of swayambhu without avudayar. 

A Vinayagar, A Murugan as Brahma Sastha and a Chandikeswarar are kept out side the shed. The Chandikeswarar is in unique posture. He is sitting in ardha padmasana and some of the experts are of the opinion that this may be Lakulisar image, but it is not so. As per the experts, the original temple with all these three images on a flat stone, may belongs to 9^th to 10^th Century, Pallava period.

Chandikeswarar in padmasana sitting posture

HOW TO REACH

The temple is 13 KM from Cheyyar, 44 KM from Kanchipuram, 72 KM from Chengalpattu, 77 KM from Arakkonam 77 KM from Thiruvannamalai ( District Head quarters ) and 119 KM from Chennai.

Nearest Railway station is Kanchipuram and Junction Arakkonam or Chengalpattu.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE : CLICK HERE

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