About Temple

Syambu Linga site. A shrine blessed by Maha Letsumi doing penance. Among the temples in Pudukottai district is the temple with the tallest tower. A dated inscription on the sanctum wall indicates the 40th regnal year of Kulothunga Chola III. (1218-19 AD) Karurai Artha Mandapam, Maha Mandapam were all built in the same century. Adjacent to the mandapams in front of the sanctum sanctorum of this temple, the second gopuram adjacent to the Hundred Kal Mandapam was built by the Gangaiyarayas. The name of the mandapam connecting this gopuram and Raja Gopuram is Nakshatra Mandapam. To the north of this hall. It is called Sabari Mandapam. The inscription says that Amman sannidi was built by Kannudaya Perumal, wife of Nisadaraja who ruled Branmala in the 39th regnal year of Kulothunga Chola III (1217-18 AD). The Rajagopuram was built during the Pandya period. In the Nakshatra Mandapam there are sculptures of Vallanatu Chettiars... View