Karanthai
Karanthai | |
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Country | India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Thiruvannamalai |
Thirupanamoor and Karanthai are twin villages about 19 km from
Thirupanamoor village has a Jain temple dedicated to Lord Pushpadanta that houses a rare gilded plaster image of him, with hundreds of brass images and a library. It is believed to have been the home of Acharya Akalanka Deva. The temple has footprints of Jain munis Dharmasagar, Sudharmasagar and Gajapati Sagar, who attained sallekhana. The village is the ancestral home of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman and his father, retired Air Marshal Simhakutty Varthaman.[2]
The Samadhi of Acharya
Karanthai has a complex of well known Jain temples.
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The Karanthai complex is famous for its Vijayanagar period murals.[7][8]
Karandai was the village of the author of classic Tamil text Naṉṉūl, Pavanandi. The Dharumasagar library contains historical manuscripts. It was set up by Jeevabandhu T. S. Sripal in 1930s who was from Thirupanamoor.
This is also the hometown of Abhinandan Varthaman.
See also
- Jainism in Tamil Nadu
- Kanchipuram Jainism
- Mandalapuruder
- Mel Sithamur Jain Math
- Trilokyanatha Temple in ThiruparthikundramKanchipuram
- Thiruvannamalai
References
- ^ R. Umamaheshwari, Reading History with the Tamil Jainas, A Study on Identity, Memory, and Marginalisation, Springer/Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 2017 p. 153-165
- ^ a b "Tamil Nadu village prays for safe return of pilot Abhinandan". The New Indian Express. 28 February 2019.
- ^ R. Umamaheshwari, Tiruppanamur-Karandai Revisit: Late February and Early March 2015, Community Narratives, Inscriptional Records: A Chronicle of Journeys Through Tamil Jaina Villages, Springer, 2018 p. 172
- ^ Tamilnadu Digambar Jain Tirthakshetra Sandarshan, Bharatvarshiya Digambar Jain Tirtha Samrakshini MahaSabha, 2001, p. 51-52
- ^ "Kunthunathar Jain Temple, Karanthai". tamilnadu-favtourism.blogspot.com. 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Jains celebrate life of Tirthankara through 'Pancha Kalyana' Fest". Times Of India. 20 February 2017.
- ^ Directive to Endowments department on renovation of temples, The Hindu, DECEMBER 25, 2009
- ^ Targets of destruction, T. S. Subramanian, The Hindu, JUNE 16, 2011