Puduthurai Shiva Temple

Address

Puduthurai Shiva Temple Puthuthurai, Sirkazhi district Nagapattinam, Tamilnadu-609106

Diety

Shiva

Introduction

On the Sirkazhi-Sattanathapuram roundabout, turn east on the road to Thirunagari, 2 km ahead of Puthuthurai. The temple is located in Puthuthurai, a town in the Sirkazhi district . The ruined parts of the temple, the Ilingam that has risen without a seat (pedestal) in the sanctum sanctorum, and the appearance of the Shiva temple which has been reduced to some inscriptions. Thus, the inscriptions here mention the towns of Vickramacholanallur and Sivapathasekaranallur. Of these, VickramaCholaNallur may be the oldest name in the above field. Agricultural land was subdivided into small squares for irrigation

Puranic Significance

The names of UttamaChola (Madurantakan in the inscription), RajarajaChola (Sivapathasekaran in the inscription) and VickramaChola are mentioned. VikramChola was the last of them. His reign was AD. 1118-1135. VickramaChola, It can be concluded that it belongs to the 12th century. Is it not cruel to say that the temple was built in the twelfth century and fell into disrepair without any maintenance. The ruined southwest corner of the Ganesha temple has been renovated