Kadambar Malai Nagarisvaram Temple, Pudukkottai

Address

Kadambar Malai Nagarisvaram Temple, Kadambar Malai , Narthamalai village, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu 622504

Diety

Nagarisvara

Introduction

Kadambar malai is located to the northeast of the Narthamalai village. In between the main road and the Narthamalai Village a mud road branches off to the right and leads to this rocky hill There are four monuments in this complex. They are the main Siva shrine, the Amman shrine, another Siva shrine called Nagarisvaram and a large inscription on the rock surface. Kadambar malai lies within 500 metres from the Narttamalai road and on the western side of the village road. The Kadambar koil complex is located on the south west of the hillock.

Puranic Significance

To the south of Kadambar koil is a Siva temple, called Nagarisvaram. According to an inscription (PSI 283) this temple was built in the 12th year of the reign of Maravarman Sundara Pandya I (1228 AD). This east facing shrine consists of a square garbhagriham and an ardhamandapam. It has a flat roof. The walls of the garbhagriham and the ardhamandapam have pilasters and devakoshtams. There are no sculptures in the niches. The shrine is rather plain, and the usual dvarapalakas are absent. There is no lingam in the sanctum now.