Moolavar: Sri Sivakozhundandavar
Amman: Sri Maragathavalli
A very Ancient temple belived to be built during the Rajendra Chola period. The temple inscriptions show it as the 3rd regional year of Rajendra Chola. There are inscriptions referring to Kulothugs Chola as well as Vikrama Cholas gifting huge amounts of land to this temple. Vikram Chola had renovated the vimanam as per the inscriptions, but now there is no vimanam at all.
The outer prakaram and ghosta murthies show the antiquity of this temple. Apparently the vimanam has been destroyed by age and now a small vimanam has been constructed on top which actually does not match the magnificent look of this temple.
In the outer prakaram, on the right above the ghosta vigrahams, you can see very interesting carvings. For example above Ganapathy you can see Gajalakshmi, above Dhakshinamoorthy you can see Kuberan being worshipped by a king, right above Mahavishnu you can see Krishna in Kaliyamardhanam and above Durgai you can see an elephant being carved. Right around the temple on top you can see series of bhoothaganams, as if in a pose of holding the roof of the temple in their hands.
You can see many broken idols right around the temple premises. It is supposedly to be maintained by ASI. There is no daily puja being performed and only Pradhosham and Shivaratri has many people visiting.
Contact: Mr. Chinrasu can be reached on 9791421924 for opening the temple. People are allowed to perform pujas on their own
Location:
Sri Sivakozhundandavar Temple, Sivan Koodal Village, Sriperumbudur, Kanchipuram
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