Palaivananathar Temple

Palaivananathar Temple (பாலைவனநாதர் கோயில்)[1] is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Papanasam, Tamil Nadu, India.[2] It is a Paadal Petra Sthalam and is considered to be the 19th in the series of Thevara Stalams in the Chola kingdom located south of the river Kaveri.

Palaivananathar Temple
Tirupalathurai
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictTanjore
DeityPalaivananathar
(Shiva) Dhavala Vennakaimangai
(Parvati)
Location
LocationPapanasam
StateTamil Nadu
CountryIndia
Location in Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates10°56′N 79°17′E
Architecture
TypeDravidian architecture

The Temple

The Thirupalaithurai temple with 2 prakarams (outer courtyard) occupies an area of 3 acres (12,000 m2), and its entrance is crowned with a 5 tiered Rajagopuram. Inscriptions from the Chola and Vijayanagara Empire periods are seen in this temple. Here Lord Shiva is also known as Paalaivananathar.

Granary

There is also a world-famous granary[3] (Store House of paddy) Breadth: 86 feet (26 m), Height: 36 feet (11 m) capacity of 3,000 Kalam (measure) constructed by Nayaks in 1600 - 1634. State Archaeological Department declared it as a monument. Mention must be made of those from the period of Kulothunga Chola I and Kulothunga Chola III speaking of gifts made to the temple during the Chola period.[4]

Papanasam

Papanasam (Thanjavur) (Tamil: பாபநாசம், literally means Destruction of Sins) is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In otherwords it is a grown up village and Growing Town. This is the town 25 km from Tanjore and 15 km from Kumbakonam. There are 3 rivers named Kaveri, Thirumalairajan and Kudamurutti helping the farmers to cultivate the good food – grains.

  • Rajagopura
  • Balipeeda, Nandhi mandapa
  • Vimana of presiding deity
  • Vimana of goddess
  • Granary full view
  • Granary
  • Palaivananathar Temple Tower(Rajagopura)

References
  1. ta:திருப்பாலைத்துறை பாலைவனநாதர் கோயில்
  2. Census of India, 1961, Volume 7; Volume 9
  3. "A comprehensive list of Chola inscriptions, Archaeological Survey of India". whatisindia.com. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
  4. "What to see - Thanjavur district attractions". Thanjavur District Administration. Archived from the original on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  • S. R. Balasubrahmanyam; B. Natarajan; Balasubrahmanyan Ramachandran. Later Chola Temples: Kulottunga I to Rajendra III (A.D. 1070-1280), Parts 1070-1280. Mudgala Trust. p. 127.
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