Temples: history, architecture and distribution

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Rytha, Amarnath

I am not sure that temple is the Singanachiar koil. There is a famous temple which i visited last november, in the place called Nachiar Koil near Kumbakonam. The temple has Adikesava perumal, with Perumal, Mahalakshmi, Balaramar, Prathyumnan and Anirrudhan. The deities are so beautiful and the features are so sharp.

The speciality of the temple is the Kal (stone) Garudan. Usually in most temples, the Garudan is made of Wood. Here it is made of stone and the they say that during the urchava, as they lift the Garudan, it becomes heavier and heavier as they move towards the temple Gopuram. It becomes lighter again when they bring it back to its original place.

Another feature of this temple is that usually the perumal will be in the center of the entrance, while mahalaskhmi will be slightly towards his left. The perumal will be right in line with the dhawajasthambam. But here, it will be mahalakshmi who is in line with the Dwajasthambam.

There are hundreds or temple in the Thanjavor belt which are quite old