The
visit to this Sri Padavetti Amman Temple at Chittoor was a part of “Shiva,
Vishnu, Amman Temples and Heritage sites from Komarapalayam to Edappadi Visit”
– On 19th May 2024. Thanks to ல மா செல்வராசு, one
of my FB friends of Komarapalayam for taking me to all these places.
Moolavar : Sri Padavetti Amman
Some
of the salient features of this temple are….
The
temple is facing east with a newly constructed 7 tier Rajagopuram. Trishuls,
Oonjal / swing, Balipeedam, Dwajasthambam and vahana Simham are in front of the
temple. A Male and female dwarapalaka and Dwarapalaki are at the entrance of
ardha mandapam. In Sanctum sanctorum Padavetti Amman is in sitting posture with
ashta bhujam, holding various weapons, like sword, bell, kapalam, Trishul etc.
she keeps her left leg on the Demon.
In
praharam, Nagars, Vinayagar and a Sati or Hero stone.
Dwarapalaka
Vinayagar with nagars
HERO
STONE / SATI STONE
A 16th to 17th century CE, Hero / sati stone is found in the praharam. The details are written in a separate post.
ARCHITECTURE
The
temple consists of sanctum sanctorum, antarala and ardha mandapam. The temple
was built with stone from adhistanam to prastaram. The sanctum sanctorum is of
rectangular in shape on a pada bandha adhistanam with jagathy, three patta
kumudam and pattikai. The out side ground level is up to kumudam level and
hence the jagathy is not visible. There is no koshtam provision. The prastaram
consists of valapi and kapotam. The Vimanam is of salakara style with one tala
and the sigaram is also salakara style with 3 kalasas.
HISTORY
AND INSCRIPTIONS
The
temple may be 400 to 500 years old and basically this temple is a Grama devata
temple. The Dwarapalaka and Dwarapalaki images are unique in this temple and
usually this arrangement can be seen only in ancient and old temples.
LEGENDS
Since
this temple is one of the Grama devata temple, a guarding deity of the Village.
Devotees worships Amman to guard them from evil spirits, to get rid of pilli Suniyam,
eval, deceases, etc.
POOJAS
AND CELEBRATIONS
Apart
from regular poojas, special poojas are conducted on Amavasya days, Fridays,
and during annual festival days during Chithirai month. During annual festival
Amman will be taken in procession through Chariot.
TEMPLE
TIMINGS
The
temple will be kept opened between 06.00 hrs to 10.00 hrs and 16.00 hrs to
18.00 hrs.
CONTACT
DETAILS
HOW
TO REACH
The
Temple at Chittoor is about a 500 Meters from Chittoor, Padavetti Amman Temple,
8 KM from Edappadi, 23 KM Sankagiri, and 47 KM from Erode.
Nearest
Railway station is Sankagiri.
LOCATION
OF THE TEMPLE : CLICK HERE
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OM SHIVAYA NAMA ---
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