S Venkateswaran

 Temple info -3444 கோயில் தகவல்-3444 Suryanarayana Temple, Suraikkayur Presiding Deity: Surya Narayana Perumal Consort: Lakshmi Narayani Temple History: When Lord Rama was building the bridge to Lanka, he told Hanuman that he needed the medicinal creeper from the sacred tree of the Pujapatheeswarar temple in Suraikkayur. When Hanuman came to Suraikkayur and plucked the medicinal creepers, they said, "Dakshan conducted a sacrifice without respecting Lord Shiva.  Lord Surya, who participated in that sacrifice and provided the fire, incurred various curses. Because of this, we, the medicinal plants of Surya Loka, have lost our radiance. You must do something to change our condition." Hanuman narrated all that had happened to Lord Rama. After his exile ended, Lord Rama came to this place and, for the first time, consecrated and worshipped his family deity (Surya Narayana Perumal). Following this, all the medicinal plants of Surya Loka regained their radiance. Temple Significance:...

 Temple info -3443 கோயில் தகவல்-3443 Sri Karunakara Venkataramana Perumal, Karuvalur Near Sevur in Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu. 3 rd  February 2019. After the Mokkaneswarar temple visit, we tried our luck to visit this temple since it was around 13.00 hrs. To our luck, the temple door was kept open and the sanctum was closed. But to our request, the Battar opened the main door and showed us the artha mandapam and sanctum. Presiding deity          : Sri Karunakara Venkatramana Perumal Temple. Thayar                     : Sridevi & Bhudevi The salient features of this temple are…. The temple faces east with a  Garudathoon or Sthambam. There is no entrance arch or Rajagopuram. In the sanctum, Perumal is in a standing posture with Sridevi and Bhudevi. There is no separate sannidhi for Thayar.  In the outer p...

 Temple info -3442 கோயில் தகவல்-3442 Thanjavur District, Pattukottai Chandrasekarar Temple The name Pattukottai has been in use since before the fourteenth century. A region under the control of a leader is called a fort (Kottai). This area was under the control of a Kallar group leader named Pattu Malavarayar, which is why it came to be known as Pattukottai. A fort also existed in this town during that period. An inscription states that a Maratha army commander named Bavaji Pandithar built a fort in Pattukottai. Even though the fort was destroyed, this fort's Shiva temple remained at its center. Even today, several streets are arranged in a large circle around this temple. Rajaraja Chola divided the Chola country into 13 administrative divisions. One of them was Parandaiyur Nadu, and the present-day Pattukottai is said to have been the village of Sellur within that division. The sacred tree of this temple, built 1200 years ago, is the Bilva tree. The Chandrasekara Swamy temple loc...