In
the 1960s, the Paramacharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam discovered this
ancient temple when he was performing a morning puja at the abandoned
temple tank here. He spotted an ancient Lingam in the tank as
“Ardhanareeswarar”. Since then the temple was functioning in thatched
sheds and the Kumbaabhezam took place in March 2004. This temple is also
a “Kethu sthalam”.
When we went, the temple tank has been deepened, compounded and maintained giving an excellent view.
A
life-size idol of Sri Ashtabhuja Shanthi Durga, said to be bigger than
that of ancient Patteeswaram temple near Kumbakonam is installed in a
separate shrine just at the rear of the Ardhanareeswarar temple. The
well sculpted durga is a please to the eyes of the devotees and is well
known as sarvabhishta pala nayaki.
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