| Description:
This is a Shivastalam associated with legends from the Ramayana, located in the vicinity
of Koothanur near Poonthottam and Peralam. Rama and Lakshmana are said to have performed the 'Thila
Tarpanam' funeral rites to their father Dasaratha here. The Sun and the moon are
also said to have worshipped Shiva here. Thilataippati is
considered to be the 58th in the series of Tevara Stalams in the Chola
kingdom located south of the river Kaveri. There are two shrines to Shiva here. The
Arisilaru river flows nearby. The east facing temple has a south
facing Ambal shrine; and shrines to Ganesha, Shanmukha, Gajalakshmi,
Bhairava, Surya, Chandra, Vishnu with his consorts and Rama and
Lakshmana with the Shiva Lingams installed by them. There is also a
unique Aadi Vinayakar shrine where an image of Ganesha depicting his
state prior to acquiring the elephant face is enshrined. The second
Shiva shrine enshrines Azhaganaathar is located behind the primary
temple. A monarch from Benares is believed to have made endowments
to this temple, and his image is seen in the temple. |
