Kampaheswarar Temple, Thirubuvanam

Coordinates: 10°59′24.1″N 79°25′59.97″E / 10.990028°N 79.4333250°E / 10.990028; 79.4333250
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Kampaheswarar Temple
Thirubuvanam
StateTamil Nadu
CountryIndia
Kampaheswarar Temple, Thirubuvanam is located in Tamil Nadu
Kampaheswarar Temple, Thirubuvanam
Location in Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates10°59′24.1″N 79°25′59.97″E / 10.990028°N 79.4333250°E / 10.990028; 79.4333250
Architecture
TypeDravidian architecture

The Kampaheswarar Temple or kampa-hara-ishvarar ( kampa-hareswarar ) is a

Medieval Chola
era.

The temple has a shrine for

Airavatesvara temple, with the trio forming the Great Living Chola Temples
.

Legend

As per Hindu legend, Shiva is believed to have relieved Kampa (quaking) of a king haunted by evil spirits on account of the king killing a Brahmin by mistake. This led to the name of Kampahareshvara.[1] As per another legend, Shiva is believed to have assumed the form to quench the fury of Narasimha, an avatar of Vishnu.[2]

Vaippu Sthalam

It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Appar.[3][4]

History

The central shrine of the Kampaheswarar Temple

As per inscriptions found in the south wall of the temple, the shrine was constructed by the Chola king

Kulothunga Chola III, who is believed to have been the last powerful Chola king. There are four inscriptions from Kulothunga Chola in Grantha script. The inscription 189 of 1907, the one on the southern wall of the central shrine, is damaged and mentions Arya Sri-Somanatha. Inscription 190 on the same wall indicates the building operations of Kulothunga Chola. 191, at the entrance of outer gopura, is a duplicate of the 190. On the same gopura, inscription 192 indicates record of king Kulothunga Chola. There are two inscriptions in Tamil from the period of Jatavarman Tribuvanachakravarthin Parakrama Pandyadeva registered by Epigraphy Department in 1911. One of them, 159, registers a contract between the residents of Tribhuvanavirapuram and Kulamangalanadu, who were urkaval (watchmen) of the village. On the same wall, the inscription numbered 160, records a similar contract in the presence of chief Udaiyar Kulasekharadeva.[1]

Architecture

Sculptures in the panels of the temple

The temple is in

Thiruputhur, the central shrine in Moovar Koil in Kodumbalur, Vijayalaya Choleeswaram in Narthamalai, and Anantheswara temple in Udayarkudi.[10]

Complex

Sarabeswarar

The temple is approached through a five-tiered pyramidal

Nageswaraswamy Temple, Kumbakonam
, which all belong to the same period. The presiding deity of the temple is Shiva lingam in the form of Kampaheswarar and is housed in the central shrine.

There is a separate shrine for the deity

Kulothunga Chola III.[13]

Gallery

  • Main entrance and Rajagopura
    Main entrance and
    Rajagopura
  • Dwajasthambam
    Dwajasthambam
  • Outer prakara
    Outer
    prakara
  • Vimana
    Vimana
  • Inner gopura
    Inner
    gopura
  • Pillars in the mandapa
    Pillars in the mandapa
  • Vimana rear view
    Vimana rear view

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Ayyar 1993, pp. 316-320
  2. ^ V., Meena (1974). Temples in South India (1st ed.). Kanniyakumari: Harikumar Arts. p. 29.
  3. ^ பு.மா.ஜெயசெந்தில்நாதன், தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், வர்த்தமானன் பதிப்பகம், சென்னை, 2009
  4. ^ மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், Muvar Thevara Vaippu Thalangal, திருபுவனம் (Thirubuvanam), 6-51-11
  5. ^ a b c d Tourist guide to Tamil Nadu 2007, p. 71
  6. ISBN 9788177552997
    .
  7. ISBN 978-81-87952-12-1
    .
  8. ^ Rajarajan, R.K.K. (2021). "Stucco Images of Tribhuvanam". History Today. Journal of History and Historical Archaeology. 22: 36–45.
  9. JSTOR 3250266. – via JSTOR
    (subscription required)
  10. ^ D., Devakunjari (1973). R., nagaswamy (ed.). The Mahadeva temple of Tillaisthanam (PDF). Damilica (Report). Vol. II. The State Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamil Nadu. p. 44.
  11. ^ Smith 2003, p. 193
  12. ^ Rao p.174
  13. ^ H., Sarkar (1974). The Kampahesvara temple at Thirubuvanam (PDF). Madras: Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamil Nadu. p. 9.

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