SOMANADHAR TEMPLE
Distance: 4kms from Arcot
Shiva: Somanadhar
Amman: Sowndharyavalli
About the place:
Muppanthotti (Muppadhuvetti) is a village in Arcot Kalavai road. Muppanthotti is now called Muppadhuvetti.
In the early days Muppanthotti Ula was a very famous function. It was a procession on the Street of Shiva Parvathi on certain occasions.
In those days during the days of famine the rich and the affluent people made Kanji (liquid porridge) and poured in 30 Thottis (vessels) and served it to the poor. Rich people from near by Villages also contributed to this as this was distributed throughout famine. The poor from the nearby villages also came here to quench their hunger. Therefore this place came to be known as Muppadhuthotti later as Muppanthotti and noww Muppadhuvetti.
Speciality:
Shiva faces east and Amman faces south.
When we enter into the temple from the Prahara we can find 16 Pillared Mandapam. There are many sculptures depicted on these pillars. One of the strange sculptures is Vallabha Ganapathy with Ambika on his lap and his trunk twined and landed on Ambika's stomach.
The Nataraja is very special in this temple. We can see a hair of Nataraja behind his back his right and his left shoulders.
This temple flourished in early days.
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