S Venkateswaran

 Temple info -3345 கோயில் தகவல்-3345 Sri Thirumalai Nathar Temple/ ஸ்ரீ திருமலை நாதர் கோயில், Sri Sivalokanathar Temple/ஸ்ரீ சிவலோகநாதர் கோயில், Melakondaiyur, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu.   This place is about a km from Sivan Voyil, which  means the abode or entrance of Shiva, and the Sanskrit rendering of the name would be Shiva dvara. True to its importance, the village contains the remains of the old temple of Shiva when we approach the village from the north.  Moolavar    : Sri Thirumalai Nathar Consort      : Sri Kamakshi Some of the salient features of this temple are…. The temple faces east with an entrance arch on the east side. Moolavar is a little small on a square avudaiyar. Balipeedam and Rishabam are in the mandapam. In koshtam Nardhana Ganapathy, Dakshinamurthy, Lingothbavar, Brahma, and Durgai. Ambal Sri Kamakshi is in a separate sannidhi facing south. Ambal is standing in sama bangha posture, holding pasa angusa...

 Temple info -3344 கோயில் தகவல்-3344 Dindigul district, Dindigul taluk, Pannaipatti kuttikaradu Adhimurugan temple.  Pannaipatti kuttikaradu Adhimurugan temple  If you come to Rediyar Chatram on Dindigul - Ottanchathram road and turn left, you will reach Patala Sembu Murugan temple. Beyond that, go to Thethupatti on the Paarapatti - Ottanchathram road. There is a small hill in Pannaipatti Kuttikaradu village, 2 km west of the town, on which there is a small Perumal temple.  A hill was leveled at a height of a hundred feet from the foot of the hill and a small temple has been built for Murugan.  At this place, there is a cave-like structure on a rock, it is said that Bogar Siddhar performed penance here. That big rock is also here and a Murugan temple has been built next to it. Murugan, who was from this village, asked him to build a temple for him in his dream, and he started building a temple on the first level of the hill with his own money. The temple was bui...

 Temple info -3343 கோயில் தகவல்-3343 Pune – Tukai Mata Mandir Situated on Baner Hill, 677m above sea level in west Pune, stands the Tukai Mata Mandir. Established around 400 years ago but since rebuilt, the temple still dominates a skyline that is increasingly under threat from the constant construction work that is happening in this part of Pune. The history of Baner dates back to the 17th century, when the Kalamkar family of the Mali caste inherited Baner, becoming the rulers of district. Kavaji Kalamkar built a temple for the goddess “Tukai Mata” on a hillock near Baner, which is now known as Baner Hill, and is part of the Baner-Pashan Biodiversity Park. The park is a great place to escape the city life down below, and the plantation seems to have been enthusiastically adopted by many volunteers. During my month stay in Baner in early 2016 this was a place I repeatedly returned to on many evenings, and I was certainly not alone in this routine. This has to be one of the best loc...