Sri Adhiswarar Jain Temple at Seenapuram, Erode District, Tamil Nadu.

 
On 1^st March 2015, on the way to Erode, I visited this Sri Adhiswarar Jain Temple, Seenapuram. The name Jainapuram was changed to Seenapuram, and there are other names too. They are Sanakapuri and Sanakapuram. This part of the combined post is separated and written as a separate post. 

This temple is on the main road about 1 km from Seenapuram on the Seenapuram to Thingalur Road. The location of the temple is called Mammuttithope.

Tirthankara: Sri Adiswara, the 1^st Tirthankara.
 
Some of the salient features of this temple are...
The temple faces south. Could not locate the inscriptions. Bavanandhi, who wrote the Tamil grammar ‘Nannul’, worshiped Sri Adhinathar. The temple is under the control of ASI and the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s One Kala Pooja scheme.
 
CONTACT DETAILS :
Archakar Chandra Prabha at +91 9344953691 or Mr. Baskar of ASI may be contacted through his mobile at +91 9787248220
 
HOW TO REACH :
Seenapuram is on the way to Tiruppur, Gobichettipalayam, from Erode through Perundurai.
This temple is on the way from Perundurai to Thingalur via Seenapuram and a km from Seenapuram.
 
LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE:    CLICK HERE

 

A signboard on the main road

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Amneeswarar Jain Temple/ Pushpathantha Tirthankarar Temple/ புஷ்பதந்த தீர்த்தங்கரர் கோயில், Thingalur, Erode District, Tamil Nadu.

On 1^st March 2015, on the way to Erode, I visited this Sri Amneeswarar Jain Temple at Thingalur. As per the inscriptions this temple was called Pushpathantha Tirthankarar Temple. This part of the combined post is separated and written as a separate post.

 Sri Amneeswarar - Both marble and stone murtis

Deity: Arulmigu Amneeswarar
 
Some of the important features of this temple are...
A lot of renovation is going on in this temple. The Ammeeswarar idol is of marble, and a stone murti is also installed, one behind the other. Dharma Devi sannidhi is on the left side of the mandapam and faces north.

ARCHITECTURE 
A lot of Hindu religion-related reliefs are chiseled on the pillars of the mandapam. The mandapam, with its Kodungai and Pothiyal, is of the Hindu temple architecture type. Balipeedam is in front of the temple. Nagar's images are on the right side of the entrance to the temple.

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

The temple may have been constructed during the 10^th to 11^th century during the Kongu Chozha period. The temple was called Pushpathantha Tirthankarar Temple and is now called Amneeswarar Temple.

புஷ்பதந்த தீர்த்தங்கரர் கோயில் மடைப்பள்ளி நிலையில் உள்ள கொங்கு சோழர் கோனாட்டான் விக்ரம சோழனின் 40 ஆவது ஆட்சி ஆண்டு, பொஆ 1044 கல்வெட்டு, புஷ்பதந்த தீர்த்தங்கரர் கோயிலில் அறத்துளான் முத்தன் பொன்னனான கணிதமாணிக்கச் செட்டி சிங்களாந்தகன் என்ற பெயரில் முகமண்டபம் அமைத்தார் என்பதைப் பதிவு செய்கின்றது.

மத்திய தொல்லியல் துறையினர் "முத்தன்" என்பதை 'தேவன்' என்றும், சிங்களாந்தகன் என்பதை திங்களூரன் என்றும் படித்துள்ளனர். திரு நா சுப்பிரமணியன் "பொன்னனான" என்பதை "பேரனான" என்றும் படித்துள்ளனர். 

போசாள மன்னன் வீரவல்லாளனின் பொஆ 14 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு புஷ்ப தந்த தீர்த்தங்கரர் கோயில் தனிக்கல்லில் உள்ள கல்வெட்டு, புஷ்ப தந்த தீர்த்தங்கரரின் மூன்று காலப் பூசைக்கு அறிகணிநல்லூர் என்ற ஊர் கொடையாகக் கொடுக்கப்பட்டது. புஷ்பதந்தர் பூமேந்திரர் என்று குறிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

புஷ்ப தந்த தீர்த்தங்கரர் கோயில் பலிபீடத்தில் உள்ள பொஆ 15 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு கல்வெட்டு முனிவிலிடு முப்பிரான் என்பவர் பலிபீடம் அமைத்த செய்தி கூறப்படுகிறது.

Reference

ஈரோடு மாவட்டக் கல்வெட்டுகள் தொகுதி – 2

CONTACT DETAILS :
Vathiyar Anand Jain +91 9381851000

HOW TO REACH :
Thingalur is on the way from Perundurai to Gobichettipalayam.
The town bus is available from Perundurai.
The temple is about 0.5 km off the main road, behind the HP petrol pump.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

Dharma Devi

 Mandapam pillar with pothiyal

 Dhandayuthapani

 Vinayagar

 A Tirthankara

 Brahma

 A Tirthankara

 Mahavira in meditation posture

Dwarabalakar reliefs on the mandapam pillar

 The original sanctum sanctorum- vimana was built recently

 Front view of the temple 

 Nagars

Epigraph tablet removed from the original place and kept near Nagars

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Sri Parshvanathar Temple/ Sri Parswanath Digamber Jain Temple, ஶ்ரீ பார்ஸ்வநாத் திகம்பர் ஜெயின் கோயில், அனுமந்தக்குடி/ Anumandhakudi, Sivaganga District, Tamil Nadu.

The visit to this Sri Parshvanathar Temple at Anumandhakudi was part of the “Sivaganga and Pudukkottai Temples and Heritage Sites Visit” on 2^nd and 3^rd September 2026. This temple is on the banks of the River Pambar.

திருத்தலப் பதிகம்

இராகம்: லலிதா               தாளம்: மிஸ்ரம் ஏகம்

பாலர்முதி யோரெனவே ஆனபல நாள்களெலாம்
        பாழ்படவே போக விட்டாய்
மூலமுறு வினையடர மூண்டுவரு பிணிபடர
        மூலையினில் போய மர்ந்தாய்
ஏலமிகு வார்குழலின் ஏந்திழையர் மோகமற
        ஏத்துமனு மந்த குடியின்
மரலமரும் பார்ஸ்வனெனும் மாளவநா தப்ரபுவின்
        மாபதமே மன்னு மனமே! 

…. புலவர் தோ ஜம்புகுமாரன்.

Moolavar: Sri Parshvanathar

Some of the salient features of this temple are….

The temple faces east. New and old balipeedams and Sri Maha Sathaya are in front of the sanctum sanctorum. Ashtadik palakas are around the balipeedam. In the sanctum sanctorum, Parshvanathar sits under the canopy of 5 hooded snakes. Samaratharis are on both sides. A mukkudai is shown on top. A Tirthankar's image is also in the ardha mandapam. Maha Sathaya’s sannidhi is at the entrance after the balipeedam. A small image with folded hands is on the door jamb.

Dharma Devi is in a separate sannidhi and faces South. Dharma Devi is in a standing posture.

In the praharam, Jwalamalini sannidhi, without an image, faces east. Vinayagar, with two Nagars and two images, stands in the praharam but cannot be identified.

Sri Parshvanathar

Tirthankar

Dharma Devi

Jwalamalini 

Sri Maha Sathaya

ARCHITECTURE

The original temple was reconstructed in recent years. The temple was constructed with stone from adhistanam to prastaram. The prastaram consists of valapi and kapotam with nasi kudus. The eka tala nagara vimanam over the bhumi desam was constructed with brick. Maha nasis are on the cardinal directions on the sigaram.

HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS

It is said that the Parshvanath image belongs to the 10^th to 11^th Century. The original temple was reconstructed in recent years.

The fragmentary inscriptions on some stones lying in front of the Māļavanatha (Jain) temple, dated  Saka 1455, Pūrattādi 20,  mention the village Jinendramangalam alias Kuru-vadimidi......in Muttürru-kūrram and the god Arha-Paramēśvara Māļuvanāyakar, and record some gifts (of land and money) to the temple. Two other pieces mention a kāvar-chuvandiram. 

Reference

Annual report on South Indian Inscriptions, Year 1907.

South Indian Inscriptions Volume - 23

LEGENDS

POOJAS AND CELEBRATIONS

Oru kala pooja is conducted, and special poojas are conducted on all the Jain festivals like Paryushana / Daslakshan, Mahavir Jayanti, Diwali (Mahavira Nirvan Diwas), Akshaya Tritiya / Varshitapa, Jnana Panchami, etc.

TEMPLE TIMINGS

The temple will remain open throughout the day, as Vathiyar resides near the Jinalaya.

CONTACT DETAILS

There are three persons looking after the temple, and one is Mr Jaganathan +91 94885 39809, who may be contacted.

The functioning of this temple is done through Thanjavur Jains.

HOW TO REACH

The Jain temple is about 1 km from the village Anumandhagudi, 8 km from Devakottai, 18 km from Devakottai Railway Station, and 51 km from Sivaganga.

The nearest Railway Station is Devakottai.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

 

Donor

Unidentified images

Images around the balipeedam

Images around the balipeedam

Images around the balipeedam

Images around the balipeedam

 Balipeedams old and new

 Vinayagar Sannidhi

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"The remains of Jainism and Buddhism in Coorg/ Kodagu - Madikeri Fort Museum", Madikeri, Coorg District, Karnataka.

The visit to these Jain and Buddhist sculptures in Madikeri Fort Museum, at Madikeri, in Kodagu District, Karnataka, was a part of “Kodagu Heritage Walk”, from 22^nd to 24^th May 2026, organised by “எண்திசை வரலாற்று மரபுநடைக்குழு”.

In this museum, art objects belong to the Gangas, Kongalvas-Changalvas, the Hoysals, the Vijayanagara Empire, the Nayakas of Belur, the local chief, and the British period. The exhibits include the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain stone images. These images span various periods and were collected from different parts of Karnataka, especially the Kodagu region.

JAIN SCULPTURES

TIRTHANKARA - 01.

The record is not dated. On palaeographical grounds, it may be assigned to the 12th century C.E. Nayakirti Siddhanta Chakravartti mentioned in this record appears to be the same as the one mentioned in an inscription at Sravanabelgola as having died in 1176 C.E. Hence, the record may belong to the latter half of the 12th century C.E.

The image, on the pedestal of which the record is inscribed, is stated to have been prepared and donated by Hariyanna-heggade, a disciple of Nayakirti Siddhanta Chakravartti. Hariyanna-heggade is also stated to have been the head of the cavalry, but it is not known under which ruler he served.

The image, though not named in the record, is that of Anantanatha mentioned in inscription No. 19 as having been recovered from the Suvarnavati river.

Tirthankara - 01

Tirthankara - 01

TIRTHANKARA - 02.

This undated record is in 12th-century characters. It records the installation of the image of Santinatha by Maghanandi-bhattaraka of Tatangi, who belonged to Mula-sangha, Desiya-gana, Pustaka-gachchha, and Kondakundanvaya. Since Maghanandi-bhattaraka was the disciple of Nayakirti, who died in 1176 C.E., the record may belong to the latter half of the 12th century C.E.

This inscription, engraved above the attendant figure to the right, is in 14th-century C.E. characters. It furnishes the date Manmatha, Kartika su. 1, which is insufficient for verification. As the image belongs to the 12th century C.E., as pointed out above in No. 4, it is not clear which date it refers to. The meaning of the last line is also not clear.

Tirthankara - 02

Tirthankara - 02

TIRTHANKARA - 03.

No date is given in the record. It may be assigned to the 12th Century C.E. on palaeographical grounds.

It records that the nakharas of Tatangi, who were the disciples of Harishchandra-devaru of Heragu, prepared the image of Santinatha on whose pedestal the record is found. It is a beautiful image of Hoysala workmanship. According to inscription No.19 infra, this image and that of Ananthanatha were found in the Suvarnavati river during the 15th century C.E. and were consecrated in the basadi at Anjanagiri.

Tirthankara - 03

The details of the following images are known.

 

Tirthankara - 04

Tirthankara - 05

Tirthankara - 06

Parshvanatha Tirthankara - 07 (Kept in the lawn along with Hero Stones, head is broken)

BUDDHIST SCULPTURES

No details are available for the following Buddhist images.

LOCATION OF THE MUSEUM: CLICK HERE

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