43. DHAMARA PAKKAM

THIRIPURAHARA SUNDHARAESWARAR TEMPLE

Distance: 28kms from Arcot towards Aarani.

Shiva: Thiripura Hara Sundharaeswarar temple

Ambaal: Kanagadurgaambigai.

Speciality: 

The Rajagopuram is big. 

The Dwajasthambam is about 40 feet tall. 

The moolavar Thiripurahara Sundharaeswarar faces east. 

The Avudaiyaar is placed on the Padma Peedam. 

The other Prahaara Sannadhis are Vinayaka, Murugar, Chandigeswarar and all other sannidhis like other temples. 

There is a Lakshmi Narayana sannidhi in this temple. 

There was a temple for Mahavishnu in the ancient days named Pori VaradharajaPerumal temple but now there is no evidence for its existence. 

Records say that the temple was built by King Achyudharaya of the Vijayanagar Empire. 

This place was earlier known a Veeravasantharaayapuram after the name of a Sambuvaraya king Veera Vasantharajan. In Sanskrit this place is called Padmapuram.

There is a Murugar temple in this village.

History:

There is a mythological story about this temple. Once upon a time there lived three Asuras named Thaarakan, Kamalaakshan and Vidhvanmaali who created flyng forts made of gold, silver and iron respectively. They gave a lot of trouble to the Devas. So they approached Lord Shiva to rescue them. Shiva converted the earth into chariot, seven worlds into the upper portion of the chariot, surya and chandra into wheels, four vedas into horses, Brahma as the chariot rider and maeru as bow and vishnu as arrow and started to destroy the Asuras.  But without the help of anyone he wanted to kill the Asuras with his smile. He smiled and the arose a jwala of Agni which killed the three Asuras. When Thirugnasammandhar sang hymns at Thiruvirkolam he has sung about this incident.