Address Thiruperuman Andar Temple, Kulathur Circle, Pudukkottai District- 614902. Diety Shiva Introduction Thiruperuman Andar Temple, Pudukottai Madathukkoyil or Thiruperuman Andar Koil. 38 km from Pudukkottai. In the distance is the Kulathur circle. This is a Chola temple. The Chola built the forecourt with black stones and the Vijayanagara kings built the inner hall with red […]
Category: Dilapidated Temples
Panangudi Agathiswaram Shiva Temple, Pudukkottai
Address Panangudi Agathiswaram Shiva Temple, Panangudi, Annavasal Road, Pudukkottai District- 622 101. Diety Shiva Introduction PanangudiAgathiswaram Shiva Temple is located on the Pudukkottai Annavasal Road near the Chitthannavasal. It is a Square temple.They speak of the architecture of the Chola period. The goshtas are decorated by Indra, Dakshinamoorthy, Vishnu, and Brahma.During the Chola period, Jashta […]
Enathi Shiva Temple, Pudukkottai
Address Enathi Shiva Temple, Enathi, Thirumayam Circle, Pudukkottai District- 622407 Diety Shiva Introduction The temple is located near Ponnamavaravathi in the Thirumayam circle, Pudukkottai district. Here the primary deity is Lord Shiva. And no other deities are there. The outer wall of the ruins. It is empty with half pillars. The temple is built in […]
Telkupi Gurudi Deul Temple, West Bengal
Address Telkupi Gurudi Deul Temple Telkupi, Purulia district West Bengal 723133 Diety Tirthankara Introduction Telkupi (or Tailakampi) is a submerged location of archaeological interest in Purulia district of West Bengal, India. The area, along with most of the temples situated there, was submerged in 1959 as a consequence to the construction of a dam across […]
Banda Deul Jain Temple, West Bengal
Address Banda Deul Jain Temple SH 8, Nabagram, West Bengal 723145 Diety Tirthankara Introduction A Hidden Jain Temple of Purulia had the largest concentration of Jain Temples although many of them have crumbled to dust only one of them still towers above the rural landscape of Purulia. Banda is a village in Raghunathpur II, 35 […]
Deulghata Shiva Temple, West Bengal
Address Deulghata Shiva Temple, Baram, Purulia Bankura districts West Bengal 723201 Diety Shiva Introduction chief among those ruins are the temples of Deulghata. Purulia is about 315 km west of Kolkata. You know you’re close when you turn south off the Ranchi-Purulia Road and village of Garh Jaipur. But nothing in these narrow lanes prepares […]
Deulghata Jain Temple, West Bengal
Address Deulghata Jain Temple, Baram, Purulia Bankura districts West Bengal 723201 Diety Tirthankara Introduction Purulia is in the Chotanagpur plateau, which stretches across parts of present-day South Bihar, Jharkhand and the Purulia and Bankura districts of West Bengal. In olden times, this area was known as Rarh Pradesh. when Purulia was a thriving centre of […]
Thirumanoor Kailasanathar Temple, Ariyalur
Address Thirumanoor Kailasanathar Temple, Thirumanoor Ariyalur District- 621715. Diety Kailasanathar Amman: Kamatchi Introduction Thirumanur is located on the north bank of the Kolli River on the Keezhappaluvoor-Thiruvaiyaru road. The temple was built over a thousand years ago by Sembian Matheviyar, the grandmother of Rajaraja. This is a temple that was later rebuilt by the Pandyas […]
Trincomalee Adimathiyarjunar Shiva Temple, Ariyalur
Address Trincomalee Adimathiyarjunar Shiva Temple, Trincomalee, Ariyalur District- 621701 Diety Adimathiyarjunar Amman: Prakadujambal Introduction 17 km southeast of Ariyalur. This shiva temple located on the banks of the Maruthayar. Adimatyarchuneswarar – The site of the blessing of Brihatkujambika Periyakoil according to the name of Periyathirukkonam. The Rajagopuram would have been three storeys high and now […]
Saranankuppam Jain Hill- Beds, Vellore
Address Saranankuppam Jain Hill- Beds Saranankuppam Arcot Circle, Vellore District – 635 703 Diety Tirthankara Introduction Travel on the Vellore-Arcot National Highway, turn right at the lock junction and proceed for 5 km on the road to Melakuppam, located in the village of Saranankuppam Halfway across the coconut grove at the foot of the Jain […]