KUNDANKUDI MAHADEVAR TEMPLE
Distance: 24kms from Pondicherry on Vizhuppuram road
Shiva: Kundankudi Mahadevar
Amman: Akilandeswari
Speciality:
Eka Thala stone temple.
The Garpagraha of the temple rests on a high Adhishtanam.
With many mouldings of Upanam, Padhmam, Jagathi and Kumudham. The Kapotam is decorated with Kudus.
The Deva Koshta deities such as Dhakshinamurthy, Vishnu, Brahma, Durga and Ganesha are kept in the French museum. They were in the temple during the period of Rajaraja Chola I. But after the French invasion the temple was damaged and the Koshta deities were shifted to the museum.
There is a Artha mandapam in the temple.
The inscription raised by King Rajaraja Chola I delivers the name of the temple as Thiru Kundan Kulacheri Olukarai Mahadevar.
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