Malaikudi Somasundareswarar Shiva Temple, Mayiladuthurai

Address

Malaikudi Somasundareswarar Shiva Temple, Peruncherry Hill Road, Malaikkudi Village, Tharangambadi Circle, Mayiladuthurai District – 609 404

Diety

Somasundareswarar Amman: Meenakshi

Introduction

Malaikudi village is located at a distance of 2 km on the Mangai Nallur Thiruvilaiyattam road. The temple is located on the side of the main road. In the past it was called Parvatarajapuram because it was coated by Parvatarajan, Its Tamil translation is now called Malaikkudi. The temple faces east. There is no royal tower. There is only a small entrance. The sanctum sanctorum is also known as the Mahamandapam. Temple. In the Mahamandapam there are Nandi towards the Lord and to the north-east of the Mandapam are the Bhairav and the Sun. On the outside of the hall are Ganesha in the left and Murugan in the small canopy on the right. In the sanctum sanctorum are the south-facing, the linked, and the four-faced with a beautiful smiling face. The Lord sits majestically in the formation of the great linga. Ambika is also four feet tall with a beautiful design. In the separate shrines in Prakaram are Ganesha, Murugan Valli Deivana, and next Mahalakshmi. There is a separate lingam in the same shrine where Lakshmi is. Sandesar is also a separate temple in the north. No well in the northeast. Sanacharan is also facing east in the Mahamandapam. Srinivasan, a childhood guru, has been doing his duty since the villagers did not come much. We will start worshiping in such village shrines to make the temple work even more enthusiastic for people like him who has been doing temple work for the fourth generation. # “With the kind permission of Sri Kadambur K. Vijayan, these are extracted from his posts”.