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Friday, April 3, 2020

Thirupurantheeswarar Temple, Palayamkottai – The Temple

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 The Muruga idol placed here was originally made for Thiruchendur temple (after that idol was taken away by Dutch looters and later got back from sea).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.