08-04-2004, 09:24 AM
Sridhar
One good idea to figure out the identity of the "singanachiar" temple i speak about is that , the chief deity most probably must be a female....that is none other than the step mother of Raja Raja Cholan himself ! . The original name of temple is "singala nachiyar kovil" ..singala = lanka as you know.
Have you read Ponniyin Selvan of Kalki ? Kalki says such a temple exists today(As of 1950s when it was written)
However , i do hear that the maintenance of the Big Temple i.e.Periya Kovil is not good enough.Is it true ?
It was added up in the UNESCO World Heritage Centers recently i believe.
One good idea to figure out the identity of the "singanachiar" temple i speak about is that , the chief deity most probably must be a female....that is none other than the step mother of Raja Raja Cholan himself ! . The original name of temple is "singala nachiyar kovil" ..singala = lanka as you know.
Have you read Ponniyin Selvan of Kalki ? Kalki says such a temple exists today(As of 1950s when it was written)
However , i do hear that the maintenance of the Big Temple i.e.Periya Kovil is not good enough.Is it true ?
It was added up in the UNESCO World Heritage Centers recently i believe.