Address Royapuram Sundareswarar Shiva Temple Royapuram, Needamangalam Circle, Thiruvarur District-613803 Diety Sundareswarar Amman: Meenakshi Introduction Royapuram can be reached by crossing the Needamangalam-Poovanur road on the Kumbakonam-Mannargudi road for the next 1 km and then 2 km on the westbound road. Also known as Royampuram. Slightly northeast of the town is a large pond in […]

Address Palaiyur Kailasanathar Shiva Temple Palaiyur, Kuthalam Circle, Mayiladuthurai District Diety Kailasanathar Amman: Kamatchi Introduction Palaiyur is located on the Kollumangudi-S.Pudur road. There is a pond on the east side of Akirakara Street which is slightly covered here. Palaiyur may have been a town full of palai trees. The path to the temple shows that […]

Address Maniyam Athur Brahmapuriswarar Shiva Temple Maniyam Athur, Kattumannar Temple Circle, Cuddalore District – 608 303 Diety Brahmapuriswarar Amman: Kamalambika Introduction There are more than thirty Shiva temples in the Kattumannarkoil circle, of which only five are chanted by the Sivanadiyars and the rest are repaired in the inner villages. One of them is Maniyam […]

Address Thirumanamangalam Visaleswarar Shiva Temple, Thirumanamangalam, Papanasam Circle, Thanjavur District – 612 801. Diety Visaleswarar. Introduction Alangudi is a popular temple located close to the Thirumanamangalam Shiva Temple. There are some streets to the north of the Alangudi temple. In this temple, the wedding hall is the place where the marriage of Lord Apathakayeswarar-Elavarkuzhali Amma […]

Address Kakatiya Temple, Katakshapur village, Warangal district, Telangana 505468 Diety Shiva Introduction The temple is located just 33 km from Warangal city on National Highway-163 at Katakshapur village. They fall under the ambit of the Archaeology Department, which had proposed their restoration a while ago. The works, however, have not begun yet. Two historical structures […]

Address Kalathur Kailasanathar Shiva Temple Kalathur, Valangaiman Circle, Thiruvarur District – 613 703 Diety Kailasanathar Introduction Kalathur village can be reached by crossing the river on the Aur-Ammapettai road in the southern direction of Kumbakonam Small village. The Shiva temple is located towards the east on the bank of a large pond at the entrance […]

Address Sehgal Shiva Temple, Sehgal, Thiruthiraipoondi circle, Thiruvarur District – 614 716 Diety Shiva Introduction He sits in the center forest in the village of Sehgal in the Thiruthuraipoondi circle of the Thiruvarur district. The Shiva pedestal for the temple was completely destroyed by Gaja storm. Now the temple seen in the sun and rain. […]

Address Thiyakasamudram Mahalingaswamy Shiva Temple Thiyakasamudram, Papanasam taluk, Thanjavur District – 612 301 Diety Mahalingaswamy Amman: Pruka Sundaragujambal Introduction Thiyakasamudram is located 2 km west of Swamimalai on the Kumbakonam – Kapistalam road. This is a village along a main highway. It is known from vickrama Chola had the names Thiyakasamudram and Akalangan. The Avur […]

Address Kattalaicherry Chidambaraswarar Shiva Temple Kattalaicherry, Kuthalam Circle, Mayiladuthurai District Diety Chidambaraswarar Introduction Kuthalam – Kattalaicherry is located at a distance of 1 km across the Vickrama Chola River which flows east of Thirumangalam on the crossroads. The village has a Shiva temple and a Vaishnava temple. There is a half an acre Shiva temple […]