03rd February 2020.
This Vaageesvarar Temple’s Visit was a part of Heritage Visit to the temples, Hero stones and Heritage sites around Anthiyur and Athani, scheduled on 03rd February 2020. In this visit we tried to cover the ancient temples with inscriptions or with some Heritage value.
Moolavar : Sri Vaageeshvarar
Consort : Sri Soundarya Nayaki
Some of the salient features of this temple are….
The temple is facing east without any entrance arch or Rajagopuram. Balipedam and Nandhi are under a metacolur sheet shed. Moolavar is of swayambu. There is no images in the koshtam. In the outer prakaram sannadhi for Vinayagar, Arumugar, Sandikeswarar and Bhairavar. Ambal sannadhi is in the arthamandapam.
ARCHITECTURE
The sanctum sanctorum consists of sanctum, antarala and arthamndapam. Ambal is in arthamndapam facing south. The arthamandapa pillars has the reliefs elephant worshiping Lord Shiva, Vali & Sukreevan fight, Vinayagar, etc,.
The pathabhandha adhisthana is built with stone and sanctum with ekathala vimana and mandapam are built with brick.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
There are 9 inscriptions recorded from this temple, which includes a separate stone inscription on a slab stone. As per the inscriptions this place was called as Pattil Oor.
The inscriptions belongs to 13th Century Kongu Chozha Veera Rajendran ( 7 inscriptions ) and 14th Century Hoysala King Veeravallalan –III ( one inscription ).
Veera Rajendran period inscriptions records the gift of 1 achchu towards to-wards construction of Mahamandapam by a Erode Rajaraja peruntheru Merchant Mupperudayan Ponnambalavan, Sandhya Deepam by Pandya Vettuvar Punnathoorali’s daughter Paandaandi, gift of land by the villagers of Pattil to this temple, 3 Sandhya Deepam by Kodumbur Vettuvar Pillai, donation of Pattil village with Pasungannithazhai Eri and the land it irrigates, 3 Sandhya deepam by Vettuvar Periyathevan’s son Periya Pillai alias Periyathevan, privileges offered to the various Nadus and the temples of Kodumudi, Karur, Thirumukkudal, Venjamakudal and Thirumuruganpoondi and the donation made to Thirunanaa ( Bhavani Shiva temple ). The above temples are also mentioned in this temple’s inscriptions.
TEMPLE TIMINGS:
The temple will be kept open between 08.00 hrs to 12.00 hrs and 16.00 hrs to 19.00 hrs.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Gurukkal may be contacted on his mobile number 9500397777 for further details.
HOW TO REACH:
This temple at Patlur is about 500 meters from Anthiyur – Ammapettai and Bhavani – Vellithiruppur Road Junction.
The temple at Patlur is 22KM from Bhavani, 40 KM from Erode, 120 KM from Coimbatore and 400 KM from Chennai.
Nearest Railway station is Erode.
LOCATION: CLICK HERE
Kavasam of Bhairavar
Elephant worships Lord Shiva
Pillar relief - Vali & Sukreevan fight
Inscription on a stone slab
Inscription
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