Sri Kongavidangeeswarar Temple, Tirupur

Address

Sri Kongavidangeeswarar Temple, Kadathur village, Udumalpet, Tirupur District, Tamil Nadu 624617

Diety

Kongavidangeeswarar

Introduction

The damaged roof of the dilapidated sanctum sanctorum of the Kongavidangeeswarar temple. The ancient shrine, which is in a sorry state of dereliction, is located at Kadathur, a village on the banks of river Amarawathy in Udumalpet sandwiching the districts of Tirupur and Dindigul in the Kongu region.

Puranic Significance

The Shiva temple, one can assume that the shrine could have been built over 800 years ago, as it mentions the name of the Kongu Chola King Veera Rajendran, who ruled the northern and southern parts of the Kongu region between the years 1207 and 1256 A.D. of the ten stone inscriptions now available on the temple’s wall mentions that two royal ocials from Keeranur donated some lands at Kadathur to the Vageeswaramudayaar Temple in Dharapuram. The inscription also notes that the Kongavidangeeswarar Temple is located at Kadathur of the Karaivali Naadu, a division of the ancient Kongu region. Another inscription has recorded that a man donated two coins (Kaasu Irandu Achchu) to meet the expenses of burning the Sandhya Dheepam (Lamp lit during the pooja hours) at the shrine and they were deposited in the Bandaram (Temple’s treasury).