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It was a long wish to visit this temple. It came to true when we passed through this temple, on the way to Sri Manikandeeswarar temple, one of the Padal Petra Sthalam of Thondai Nadu at Thirumalpur. This temple is being maintained by Archaeological Survey of India.
The temple was constructed with upanam, jagathi, kumudam and kandam. After patti above the base a tie beam with white colored granite stone runs on all the four sides. The pilasters starts from 8 side Kumudam, has the kalasam, Kumbam and paligai. The hand of the pothiyals are made with curve and supports the ceiling. The Temple has no Vimana or any super structure.
A space is provided between sanctum and Muka mandapam. The space goes inside to a depth of about a feet. In the space a niche / koshtam is formed with pilasters and Makara Thorana. Gajalakshmi is in the south side makara thorana and Durgai is on the north side makara thorana are shown. There is no murthis in the koshtam. Boodha ganas ( dwarfs ) in different postures are shown above the pilaster pothyals. Above the bhutavari the ceiling is constructed with kodungai and kabotham with karnakudu are also done. Inside the mandapam old damaged statues are installed.
Miniature reliefs are chiseled on the pilasters. Most of the reliefs are related to Kannan / Krishnar of Vaishnavism.The relief of Kannan’s kuda koothu is a special one.In this Kannan dances kudakoothu with 2 kudam balancing on both hands.
The temple has the inscription of Parantaka Chozha – I, Rajaraja, Parthivendravarman and
Kulothunga –III.Experts of the opinion that the temple might have built during the transition period
between Pallava & Chozhas.The inscriptions speaks about donation of Cattle / Goat and Land for the regular pooja and burning of perpetual lamp.
The green stones used to built this temple are different from the locally available granite stones.Then we may presume that this must be an important temple.
The temple has the inscriptions of Parantaka Chozha –I, Rajaraja –I, Parthivendravarman and Kulothunga-III. The inscriptions mentions about the place name as Govindapadi.
That means the present Govindavadi about a KM distance from this place, must be a part of the old Govindapadi. Since the temple is a special one, it might have some sub shrines and mandapas.
The moolavars name is mentioned in the inscriptions as “Nintriruntharuliya perumanadikal”.Also the pilasters has the reliefs related to Krishna an avathara of Vishnu.
Since Krishna was brought up by the Yathava community and in Tamil nadu these people also called as Konars.
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