Thakkolam Thiruvaleswarar Temple, Vellore

Address

Thakkolam Thiruvaleswarar Temple, Thakkolam Arakkonam taluka, Vellore District – 631151

Diety

Thiruvalesswarar

Introduction

Thakkolam village is located in the Arakkonam taluk, vellore district. To the east of the town is the ruined temple of Thiruvaleswaram. It was built of black stone and brick from Adishtan to Kodungai. The plane is circular in shape. There are no sculptures in clusters. Outside the Artha Mandapam is an open-air hall with 4 ebony pillars. The inscription of the 8th reign of Rajendra I confirms that the temple was built before 1020 AD. The inscriptions of this the village as Thiruvural and the name of the deity as Valeeswarar and Mummalai Iswarmudayar. An inscription of Rajendra Chola-I registers the gift of 32 cows for the abhisheka with milk for the welfare of the king’s mother named Tribhuvana Maadeviyar and another inscription infrorms the bronzes of Umamaheswara and Vinayaga were being worshipped in this temple. The village used to be known as Tiruppamudhal and the deity Mahadevaraya Mummalai Easwaran Vikrama Chola (1123 A.D.) Rajendra-III. Inscriptions are found on the west and northern wall of the Karuvarai.