Sri Kozhiyur Alanthuraiesar Shiva Temple,

Address

Sri Kozhiyur Shiva Temple, Kozhiyur, Tittakudi, Cuddalore District – 606111

Diety

Alanthuraiesar Amman: Sountharyanayagi

Introduction

On the Pennadam-Thittakudi road, two km before Thittakudi is the village of Kozhiyur. Here is the Shiva temple in the middle of the village. Despite being a village of several thousand people, the temple is in a state of disrepair. It was not only the villagers who were paralyzed, because over time the majority castes were not allowed inside the temple . As a result they created deities and temples for themselves. At present as the Brahmins left the villages the temples under their care are beginning to fall into disrepair. Renovation of these temples alone will not change the status. Hindu Munnani, Other movements for the revival of temples and Brahmin Associations should be involved in propaganda to imprint on the minds of the people the antiquity of Hinduism and its glory, the specialties of Siva, the temple and its science and the need to preserve the inscriptions and the MOST urgent need to preserve our culture which revolves around temples.Then the village shrines themselves will be revived. The sanctum sanctorum is a stone masonry work and the gopuram is a brick work. The shrines have Ganesha and Murugan. The Lord is facing east, just as Ambika is facing east in His place. # “With the kind permission of Sri Kadambur K. Vijayan, these are extracted from his posts”.