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Multi-periodSite Name: Shri Sudarkozhundeesar temple of Pennadam Alternative Name: Tungaanai Maadam, KadanthaiCountry: India
NOTE: This site is 15.39 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Temple
Nearest Town: Vriddhachalam Nearest Village: Pennadam
Latitude: 11.402687N Longitude: 79.240524E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Like many of the ancient temples it is known by several names, like Tungaanai Maadam and Kadanthai. According to the inscriptions found in this temple it is one of 78 shrines build by the legendary Chola king Kocengannan. This king is only known from legends and Tamil texts from the Sangam age (approximately the centuries just before and after CE). The main shrine belongs architecturally to the Early Chola period. It is a vimana (garbhagriha=sanctum plus the roof) in the form of an elephant’s back which is called a Gajapristhakara. Normally in South Indian shrines the vehicle of a deity (which is a symbol of the deity) faces towards the sanctum. Here the sacred bull Nandi, the vehicle of Shiva here called Prathosha Nandidevar or Adikara-Nandi, faces away from the sanctum. The myth of the temple (the sthala purana) tells that when the primordial flood was about to wipe away Pennadam Shiva instructed Nandi to turn around and swallow all the water, thus saving the temple and the people of this place. Other mythological figures connected with this temple are Kamadhenu, the wishing cow, Airavatha, the elephant vehicle of Indra, king of the gods. It is also associated with the act of Shiva swallowing the poison which came up from the Milky Ocean when it was churned by the Devas and Asuras. A subsidiary shrine dedicated to Shiva as Javanteeswarar has been built on an artificial hill. A hundred steps lead to the top.
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