Brahmesvara Udaiya Nayanar Temple, Kottamangalam,
Trichy
Brahmesvara
Udaiya Nayanar Temple is a Hindu Temple
dedicated to Lord Shiva located at Kottamangalam Village near Lalgudi in Trichy
District of Tamilnadu. Kottamangalam Village also has an Ayyanar Temple,
a Pidari Temple and a ruined Vishnu Temple. The area where the Siva and Vishnu
temples were built was called Kiramangalachcheri, a part of Korramangalam which
had as its administrative unit the body called the Perunguri
Mahasbhai in Kalar kurram, included in Vadakarai Rajaraja Valanadu (during
and after the days of Rajaraja I). Kottamangalam was then also called
Jananathanallur, after a title of Rajaraja I.
There
are many inscriptions relating to the Siva temple from the tenth to the beginning
of the fourteenth century of Chola kings Kulottunga I and Vikrama Chola,
Hoysala Vira Ramanatha and Pandya Jatavaraman Vira Pandya, but they are not of
much historical value. The Temple is located at about 1 Km west of Kattur, 6
Kms from Lalgudi, 6 Kms from Lalgudi Bus Station, 6 Kms from Anbil, 9 Kms from Mandurai,
21 Kms from Srirangam and 28 Kms from Trichy. Nearest Railway Station is
located at Kattur (500 meters) and Nearest Airport is located at Trichy (33
Kms).
