Kailasanathar Temple, Melur, Kanadukathan, Sivaganga
Kailasanathar
Temple is dedicated to Hindu God Shiva located at Melur Village near
Kanadukathan in Sivaganga District of Tamilnadu. Presiding deity is called as
Kailasanathar and Mother is called as Soundaranayaki. The temple was built by
Nattukkottai Nagarathars. The statues of Nagalinga Chettiyar,
Annamalai Chettiyar, Subramaniyan Chettiyar, Manikkam Chettiyar, Perichiappa
Chettiyar, and Muthappa Chettiyar are along with the mandapam pillars, who
had contributed to this temple construction.
The
temple is facing east with two 3 tier Rajagopurams, one is in front of Moolavar
and other in front of Ambal Sannadhi. Ambal is also facing east. The temple is
of stone structure with vast parakaram with lot of minute carving pillars. A
stone chain is hanging from the entrance ceiling. Moolavar is Suyambu and
short. In koshtam, moortham of Vinayakar, Dhakshinamoorthy, Lingothbhavar,
Brahma and Durgai are located. In the prakaram (between Moolavar and Ambal Sannadhi) Somaskandar
and Sandikeswarar are located.
In
prakaram, Sannadhi for Ul Vinayagar, Valli Devasena Subramaniyar, Maha
Lakshmi, Hanuman (a relief on the pillar), Palliyarai, Bairavar (in a separate Sannadhi),
Saneeswarar, Navagrahas, Chandran and Suryan are located. This Temple is
located at a distance of 1 Km from Kanadukathan. Nearest Railway Station is
located at Karaikudi and Nearest Airport is located at Madurai.