Manimangalam
Manimangalam | |
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PIN | 601301 |
Manimangalam is a small town located in the
Demographics
According to the
History
Manimangalam is a town of historic significance. This place became famous in the Pallava period as the site of the Battle of Manimangala, in which the Pallava king, Narasimhavarman I is said to have defeated the Chalukya King Pulakeshin II, and as one of the places mentioned in the Tamil copper-plate inscriptions of Kūram (in the modern-day Kanchipuram district).[3] It is said that the town housed exporters and merchants of precious jewels.[4] As gathered from inscriptions in Sanskrit in local sites, the town was also known by Ratnagrahara and Ratna Grama (The village of jewels)[3][1]
The town houses the 1000-year old
Temples
The Rajagopala Perumal temple is dedicated to the worship of Vishnu, in the form of Dwaraka-Pati ('the Lord of Dvārakā'), and was also known in Tamil as Vanduvarapati.[3] Besides this, there are two other temples in the town devoted to Vishnu called the Vaikuntha-Perumal temple and the Krishna-swami temple.[citation needed] There is another temple called Kailasa-Nathar temple devoted to Siva.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c Julius Theodor Hultzsch, Eugen (1890). South-indian Inscriptions Volume III, Miscellaneous Inscriptions From The Tamil Country Part - I (Inscriptions at Ukkal, Melpadi, Karuvur, Melmangalam and Tiruvallam) (New Imperial Series - Volume XXIX). Chennai: Archaeological Survey of India. pp. 48–88. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ "District Census Handbook Part B 2011 - Kancheepuram" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ a b c Balasubrahmanyam, S. R.; Balasubrahmanyam, Venkataraman; Balasubrahmanyam, Ramachandran (1979). Later Chola Temples - Kulottunga I to Rajendra III ((A.D. 1070 — 1280). Chennai: Mudgala Trust. p. XIX - Supplement. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ Ramakrishnan, H. (23 November 2011). "History through inscriptions". The Hindu. Kasturi Group. The Hindu. Retrieved 15 May 2022.