Kadakkam Kailasanathar Shiva Temple, Mayiladuthurai

Address

Kadakkam Kailasanathar Shiva Temple, Mayiladuthurai

Kadakkam village, Mayiladuthurai Circle,

Mayiladuthurai District,

Tamil Nadu 609205

Moolavar

Kailasanathar Shiva

Amman

Kalyanasundari

Introduction

Kadakkam Kailasanathar Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in the Kadakkam village, Mayiladuthurai Circle, Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu. There are two temples in this town. The one Perumal temple is completely dilapidated and another one Shiva temple is in a dilapidated state. The walls are crumbling on all four sides. Here the Presiding deity is called as Kailasanathar and mother is called as Kalyanasundari.

Puranic Significance

The period of Temple is 15th century. At the entrance in the facade and above it is a scene of a dark bull with a corpse lying on the ground. To the east is the Lord’s Sanctuary Arthamandapam, in front of which is a Mahamandapam, the walls of which are split vertically. The sanctuary of the goddess is situated towards the south. Near to the south there is also a small sanctum for Natarajar. There is a Nandi altar near this Maha Mandapam. A Vinayaka who was at the gate of the sanctum sanctorum was moved as the wall seemed to be collapsing. The sanctum sanctorum and arthamandapam of the Lord are built up to the roof level with black stone. The aircraft was completely damaged. Next is Valli deivanai samedha murugan temple with its front collapsed, next is Mahalakshmi in a reclining shrine in the northwest corner. Similarly, if you come to the north-east part, the long Bhairava Mandapam is half collapsed and there are four idols of Bhairava Suryan Nagar on the temple.

“With the kind permission of Sri Kadambur K. Vijayan, these are extracted from his posts”.