Centre image is 5 headed Murugan (I think) on a peacock. It houses an ornate mandapa of four pillars, on a fifteen feet square base and which is elevated by three feet."Įntrance gopuram. A colossal porch at the centre is 48 feet square. It is a magnificent mandapa worked minutely of intricate stone plinths and columns 120 feet long, 86 feet broad and supported by 124 columns. Shanmukha Vilasa (gopuram on left) is the frontal adjunct to the main temple. Their ship was rocked because the sea had become boisterous. According to local tradition Dutch soldiers took away the deity idol in 1653. Centre image is flanked by peacocks on both sides. "Twenty-four stone pillars with inscriptions thereon set up at intervals on the beach mark the special significances recorded therein to bathe at those particular spots." "Ī closer view of gopurams and temple entrance from south side. A bath in the sea itself is one, described as of great spiritual merit. "Nine teerthas or sacred bathing places are mentioned in the stala purana. Name of temple is Arulmigu Subramaniya Swamy Temple. Pic taken from temple side gives u a sense of the number of devotees. Lord Muruga won the battle with the asura, Surapadma and worshipped Lord Shiva in this sacred place". "Thiruchendur Murugan temple is known as the second Arupadai Veedu of Lord Muruga. Temple view from beach side.ĭevotees and devotees. Spiritually speaking felt very good within. Had seen pics earlier but when we reached felt in love with the place.
It was the Pongal weekend of 2016 so very crowded. We left Rameshwaram about 11.30, stopped by Tuticorin for lunch-visited the port to reach Thiruchendur by 3.30ish.
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