Ponniyin Selvan Varalaatru Peravai

dear friends

i am visiting a temple tomorrow( thursday) one that you would all
find very relevant to ps

it is called malapaadi.( the name strikes a bell?)
malapaadiyul maanickame the thevaram that senthan amuthan sings in
the garden and in the gaol.

malapaadi is the motherland of sembiyan mathevi.the mother of uthama
sozha whom kalki calls periya piraatti.
she comes from the malavarayar clan.

neighbouring towns are called aranmanaikudi, kandaraathitham, and
sembiyan kudi( the last two named after the cholas)

the temple was built by sembiyan mathevi and her son. uthama.

the rajagopuram seems to be of a later date.

the statues are very crude and we can see a process of testing a new
strucure of stone. plenty of kalvettus too.

i shall see neighbouring pazhuvuur ( of paluvettaraiyar and nanthini
fame)if i have time.

the temple is equidistant from trichy tanjore and ariyalur.
a hour from all.

on the kollidam bank is this massive temple.
please dont miss it if you have a chance.