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Palaivananathar Temple
Location in Tamil Nadu
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| Other names: | Tirupalathurai |
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| Country: | India |
| State: | Tamil Nadu |
| District: | Tanjore |
| Location: | Papanasam |
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| Primary Deity: | Palaivananathar (Shiva) |
| Consort: | Dhavala Vennakaimangai (Parvati) |
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| Architectural styles: | Dravidian architecture |
Palaivananathar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Papanasam, Tamilnadu, India[1].It is considered to be the 19th in the series of Tevara Stalams in the Chola kingdom located south of the river Kaveri.
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The Tiruppaalaitturai temple with 2 prakarams(outer courtyard) occupies an area of 3 acres (12,000 m2), and its entrance is crowned with a 5 tiered Rajagopuram. Inscriptions from the Chola and Vijayanagara Empire periods are seen in this temple. Here Lord Shiva is also known as Paalaivananathar.
There is also a world famous granary[2] (Store House of paddy) Breadth: 86 feet (26 m), Height: 36 feet (11 m) capacity of 3,000 Kalam (measure) constructed by Nayaks in 1600 - 1634. State Archaeological Department declared it as a monument. Mention must be made of those from the period of Kulothunga Chola I and Kulothunga Chola III speaking of gifts made to the temple during the Chola period.
Papanasam (Thanjavur) (Tamil: பாபநாசம், literally means Destruction of Sins) is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. In otherwords it is a grown up village and Growing Town. This is the town 25 km from Tanjore and 15 km from Kumbakonam. There are 3 rivers named Kaveri, Thirumalairajan and Kudamurutti helping the farmers to cultivate the good food - grains.
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