Avudaiyarkoil: Sarmaya Art of Travel, Chettinad

During our journey through the Chettinad region, we stopped at many temples and shrines and listened to tales both fantastical and illuminating. We had a superb guide in historian V Sriram, who explored the culture, myths and artistic heritage of each place of worship along the way in his inimitable way of immersive storytelling, and drew for us a magical map of faith in this corner of Tamil Nadu.
The temple is said to have been built in the 9th Century AD by a fervent devotee of Shiva, Manikkavasagar, who attained enlightenment at this spot in the town of Perunthurai. Along its walls are marvellously intricate ancient rock sculptures that celebrate the different forms taken by Lord Shiva as well as those of Parvati, the goddess Yogambal, Arjuna from the Mahabharata and Lord Ganesha. Architectural details like a long snaking chain made entirely of granite, musical pillars and mammoth godly figures hewn from single stones speak of the highly sophisticated engineering and design capabilities of the Pandian empire.
Read more about our Chettinad temple trails here: sarmaya.in/spotlight/temple-to...

[@ramaradha1]

Very good information Thank you sir

[@s.gowriswaminathan8072]

Well explained Detailed information given.

[@mmMstatus]

Temple is a divine place for Meditation.

[@aarifmindvoicefan5472]

Avudaiyarkovil my ooru I am so happy

[@ananddeepan6140]

Omsivayanama

[@ashokashtekar4265]

Arumai......

[@arunthathysadhasivam9932]

In this temple Book reference available

[@arunthathysadhasivam9932]

For my pg project

[@m.santhamoorthyrajacaste7311]

Totally 10,000 years old and this is sivan temple, Mutharaiyar caste kings architecture okyaa sir.

[@udhayakumars6910]

This not like Nayak architecture...... My native is avudayar Kovil....... Lots of times I went to their..... This temple.... Fully... Tamil architecture style...

[@GekkoSeven]

He meant Nayak period. Tamil is language. :/

[@senaeco]

Poorly explained, the sactum was built in 3AD, He has missed out a whole lot of things which even normal people would know. Any how this is the only one in English, better than nothing

[@saradham2844]

So much of bluff about shastras......with some random english in 15 seconds. ha ha.....he made a huge joke out of shastras

[@mediamatters6438]

very true