Thirupurantheeswarar Temple,
Palayamkottai – The Temple
This is an east facing Temple
with three-tiered Rajagopuram. Nandi, Balipeedam and Dwajastambam can be found
facing the sanctum. The Sanctum Sanctorum consists of Artha Mandapam, Maha
Mandapam and Sanctum. Presiding Deity is called as Thirupurantheeswarar and is
east facing. He is housed in the sanctum in the form of Lingam. Dakshinamoorthy,
Lingodbhava and Jala Durga are the Koshta idols located around sanctum walls.
Mother is called as Gomathi
Amman. She is housed in a separate south facing shrine. Mother shrine can be
entered through a separate small three-tiered Rajagopuram. There is a shrine
for Vinayaga along with his consort Vallabhai in the circumbulatory path around
Mother shrine. There is also a separate shrine for Tamil Poet Avvaiyar in the
Temple premises.
There is a separate shrine for
Lord Murugan in the Temple premises. He is gracing the devotees along with
consort Valli & Deivanai. The Muruga idol placed here was originally made
for Thiruchendur temple (after that idol was taken away by Dutch looters and
later got back from sea). Veerabahu and Veera Mahendra can be seen at the
entrance guarding the shrine.
There are shrines for
Jwarahareswarar, Saptha Mathas, 63 Nayanmars, Maha Ganapathy, Gaja Lakshmi,
Saraswathi, Saneeswarar, Nataraja with his consort Shivagami, Navagrahas, Kala
Bhairavar, Chandran and Suryan in the Temple premises. Theertham associated
with this Temple is Thamirabarani River. Sthala Vriksham is Vilwa tree.
