Cooum riverside temples

 

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The Ilambayankottur Sivan temple, also known as the Arambeshwarar Temple, was initially a brick temple, later converted to stone by Pandari Sivacharanaalayan in 1175 AD. This is one of the thevara padal petra thalam in Thondai mandalam.

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Video


https://youtu.be/I0bgw28_HOs?si=FyqtA3T-345(*




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Thiruvir-kolam village which has a temple for Thirivir-kolanathar. The large tank from where the river originates has been famous from Chola times. In the 12th Century, the tank was renamed Tyagasamudra-nallur. Nallur here indicates a large, agriculture-based settlement. In 1057 CE, the tank was called Tribhuvanmahdevi Pereri and a feeder canal was dug into it. In 1112, the temple took fishing and paddy taxes from the community to keep the tank in good repair. So clearly, in the time of the imperial Cholas, the tank was a large one and the Cooum must have been an important water source for all villages on its banks. The temple is older for it finds a place in the third Tirumurai of Sambandar, who is dated to the 6th Century.



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The Deivanayakeswara Swamy Temple in Elumiyankottur has a unique Dakshinamurthy image with his hand on the chin mudra close to the knot on his sacred thread. An inscription here as well as in a few other temples in this area mention the role of the Chola kings in the 12-13th Century of converting brick temples into stone temples. Such inscriptions are important, since they tell us that the banks of the Cooum were an important and prosperous part of the Chola empire when it was at its height



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The temple at Sivapuram is built entirely out of stone and has an early inscription of Raja Raja Chola. It was called Urogadam in those days and must have been one of his earliest all-stone temples

Tamil article links


சோழ அரச குடும்பத்தார் தனிப்பட கவனம் செலுத்தி வந்த கோவில் கூவம்ஆற்று ஓட்டத்தை அண்மித்து அமைந்த ஊரடகம் சிவபுரம் மகாதேவர் கோவில்ஆகும்இக்கோவில் இராசராசப் பெருவேந்தனால் அவன் பெயர் இட்டுகட்டப்பட்டதால் இராஜராஜேஸ்வரம் என கல்வெட்டுகளில் குறிக்கப்பட்டுஉள்ளதுஇந்த சிவபுரம் இராஜராஜேஸ்வரம் கடம்பத்தூர் – பேரம்பாக்கம் - தக்கோலம் செல்லும் வழியில் பேரம்பாக்கத்தில் இருந்து 4 கி.மீதொலைவில்இடம் கொண்டுள்ளதுநெடுஞ்சாலையில் இருந்து நடக்கும் தொலைவில் தான்இக்கோவில் உள்ளதுகூவம் ஆறு பிரிகின்ற கேசாவரம் அணை இங்கிருந்துவடகிழக்கே 4 கி.மீதொலைவில் உள்ளதுஇந்த தலத்திற்கு அண்மையில்தான் நரசிங்கபுரம்திருஇலம்பையங் கோட்டுர்திருவிற்கோலம் ஆகியதேவாரப் பாடல் பெற்ற தலங்களும் உள்ளன


Link


https://www.geotamil.com/index.php/2021-02-11-18-08-43/4774-2018-11-04-01-27-06



Video


https://youtu.be/HGRzdYO5S00?si=F0UD2IdR50NRK6ws


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