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Temple info -3885. Kayarambedu Thiruvakeeswarar temple, Guduvanchery. கயராம்பேடு திருவாக்கீஸ்வரர் கோயில்,கூடுவாஞ்சேரி

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 Temple info -3885 கோயில் தகவல்-3885 KAYARAMBEDU TIRUVAAKEESWARAR TEMPLE It is an unknown temple in a lesser-known hamlet called Kayarambedu near Guduvanchery in Tamil Nadu. Once a beautiful Gajaprshtha Vimana shrine, it is currently under renovation. Known as Vaakeeswarar Temple, it is said to have been built during Rajaraja Chola I's time. The inscriptions are white-washed and not readable. I could not access the reference of inscriptions of the site from any of the records. It is a small temple with an east-facing sanctum that enshrines Shiva Linga. The Goddess Karpagambal is also enshrined in a shrine that faces the same direction. Ganesha, Dakshinamurti, Vishnu, Brahma and Durga are found as the Pancha Koshta Devas. The Mukha mandapa must have been built around 200-300 years ago. The stucco image of a local saint named Manicka Naicker is placed here. The sub-shrines in the prakara are built in the recent past. More structures are getting added as part of the renovation that is...
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Temple info -3884. Thiruvakeeswarar temple, Tiruvallur. திருவாக்கீஸ்வரர் கோயில்,திருவள்ளூர,

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 Temple info -3884 கோயில் தகவல்-388 Sri Thiruvakeeswarar Temple/ Sri Thiruvakneeswarar Temple, அருள்மிகு திருப்புரசுந்தரி சமேத திருவாக்கீஸ்வரர் கோயில், Kannigaipair, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu.  This Sri Thiruvakeeswarar temple is also known as Thiruvakneeswarar Temple at Kannigaipair, in the Southeast corner of the village. The visit to this temple was part of the Gajaprishta Vimana temple visit on 23 rd  August 2026. Moolavar    : Sri Thiruvakneeswarar, Thiruvakkeeswarar Consort      : Sri Thiripura Sundari Some of the salient features of this temple are…. The temple faces east with entrances from the south and east (Kept locked). Balipeedam and Rishabam are in front of the sanctum sanctorum. Moolavar is on a round avudaiyar. Ambal Sri Thiripurasundarai is in a separate Sannidhi and faces south. Ambal is in a standing posture with Abhaya Varada hastam. In the praharam, Sri Thanachezhiya Vinayagar, Bala Murugan, Chandikeswarar, and Nava...
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Temple info -3883. Galaganatha temple, Pattadakal. கலகநாதா கோயில்,பட்டடகல்

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 Temple info -3883 கோயில் தகவல் -3883 Galaganatha Temple, Pattadakal, Karnataka Galaganatha Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Pattadakal in Bagalkot District of Karnataka, India. This temple is part of Pattadakal Group of Monuments, an UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Temple complex is located on the west bank of the Malaprabha River. The Galaganatha temple lies to the east of the Jambulingeshwara Temple and to the north of Virupaksha Temple. The Temple is estimated to be from mid-8 th  century. The monument is a protected site under Indian law and is managed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). History For brief details, please refer below link; https://hindutemples-india.blogspot.com/2019/01/pattadakal-group-of-monuments-history.html The Temple The temple is a northern Rekha-Nagara style with a Linga, and a vestibule (antarala) within the temple sanctum (garbha griha). Outside the temple is a seated Nandi that faces t...
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