I am a member in PS for the love of writer Kalki and his writings besides having keen interest in the history of ancient India, particularly Tamilnadu though I don't have any educational background in archaeology, architecture or history as many members seem to have! My area is banking and I work as a Manager in a nationalised bank in Chennai.
However, I find the discussion very interesting. I wish to share a few things.
The 12 Jyotrilingam is good work and simply superb. Well, I think I must also contibute my "squirrel's share" with the group! The attached pictures are on one of the oldest Shiva temples viz. Thiruppunnavasal, a remote rural village, in Avudayarkoil taluk, Aranthangi, Pudukkottai Dt, where I worked for 3 years. The temple is reported to be more than 1000 years old and belongs to the Sundara Pandian era of Pandya Dynasty. There is a village named S P Pattinam (Sundara Pandian Pattinam) nearby.
It is informed that the senior Shankaracharya - Shri Chandrasekara Saraswati whenever visits this temple, he used to remove his chappals (paadha raktchai) at the entrance of the village as he had remarked once that the entire village has thousands of Lingams beneath the soil and the land is very sacred and those who have poorva janma links with this region alone are blessed to visit this place!
Thiruppunnavasal is located near the ECR on the way to Rameswaram. This place is in the Gulf of Mannar region and in half an hour you can reach Mannar, Sri Lanka, through a speed boat.
There are so many other temples in this region which claim to belong to the Ramayana period like Paramandhur, Theeyathur, Ponbethi, Mimisal, S P Pattinam, and Paasi Pattinam etc.
I am also a Shiva devotee and I have extensively travelled in Tamilnadu and visited several Shiva temples. Thank u for uploading 12 jyotirlingams.
Thank u again for the good work. I will try to forward to others too.
having keen interest in the history of ancient India, particularly Tamilnadu though I don't have any educational background in archaeology, architecture or history as many members seem to have!
athellaam inga vanthu develop seythu kondathu thaan.
most of us are here for the love of historical fiction and history itself.
The attached pictures are on one of the oldest Shiva temples viz. Thiruppunnavasal, a remote rural village, in Avudayarkoil taluk, Aranthangi, Pudukkottai Dt, where I worked for 3 years.
we have discussed thirupunavasal on the banks of the sarpa nathi earlier too. its huge lingam makes it the tallest among thevara shrines.
access was usually bad with pot holed roads from thiruvadanai.
we used to see this temple, thiruvadanai and kalayar koil in the same day. hope the new road helps better viewing.
> There are so many other temples in this region which claim to belong to the > Ramayana period like Paramandhur, Theeyathur, Ponbethi, Mimisal, S P Pattinam, > and Paasi Pattinam etc.
also uppur veyil ukantha vinayakar, kanda thevi and iraku seri( the iraku seri shivan is called mummudisharar)
> I am also a Shiva devotee and I have extensively travelled in Tamilnadu and > visited several Shiva temples.
do you visit devaram shrines. one of our members ganesan also a banker has seen273 of the 275 + 1 devaram shrines. i personally have sen 225.