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mazhapaadi is a master piece of a temple. on the banks of the kollidam its surrounded by villages all bearing royal names, like kandaraathiththam, etc. i think the temple was during uthamas period.of course it had been widely sung before that.
in later history has some importance in the wars of the karnatic and tipus southern campaign.
the most remarkable of sculptures inside are the dakshinamurthy( the second one) on a nandi, and a natraja sculpture on the outer wall near the alagammai amman shrine. the temple is usually not very frequented except by the locals but on nandi's wedding ceremony a lakh congregate here.
yes its the same temple, but kalki makes a small error here. when the group of shaivaite scholars (much to the anger of aalvarkadiyaan nambi) tell sembian madevi about malapaadi , she asks which malapaadi? and they explain
actually before marriage sembian madevi was the princess of malapaadi( in real history)
Hi Venkat, Isn't there a chapter in PS where Kalki describes how Kandaradithar meets Sembian Maadevi (the then princess) at the Mazhapadi temple & decides that she is the one suitable to be his bride? Shobha
What a coincidence. I was re-reading PS Part I recently and when I came across this scene, I was also thinking the same - 'How come 'Mazhavaraayan Magal' (in Kalki's own words in these episodes) did not know about "Thirumazhabaadi" ?'
I think it is a case of "Yaanaikkum Adi SaRukkum" !!
But whenever I think of "Thirumazhabaadi" I remember 'Ponnaar MEniyanE', one of the very few Devara verses which I know, courtesy Amarar Kalki, who has repeated it many times (when Senthan Amudhan appears) in PS.
Perhaps Sendan Amudhan is eligible for the title "thyaga sigaram' as he was prepared to sacrifice both the throne and Poonguzhali, eventhough he knew that he was the legal heir and Poonguzhali wanted to become a queen!
Kalki must have been doing a complicated asana, perhaps, viranchyasana or one such vipareetaha asana. Sampath
And we are fortunate to live in era, in which we can savour the combined glory of the holy temples, hymns, saints, the historical places and characters and enjoy the beauty of everything, though vicariously, without visiting. Let our tribe grow.
Hi for almost three years a monkey used to come from the kollidam banks and wait for the noon neivedyam of the lord at malapaadi. one day it got hit by an electric wire and died. the priests buried it within the kollidam banks. the next day or so a devotee noticed a sculpture in the amman temple. it had a nice carving of a monkey praying to a linga.
the co incidences struct all and they have put up a small altar above the monkeys grave in the kollidam. they call it siva baktha anjaneyar temple or so. i wish the next set of photos from malapaadi include this one photo on the right side pillar in the alagammai temple . venketesh