The temple is about 75 kilometres northeast of Madurai city and 15 kilometres northwest of Karaikudi town in Tamilnadu. Pillayarpatti is accessible by National Highway 36 and State Highway 35. The image of Karpaga Vinayagar is carved out in a cave of Pillaiyarpatti Hillocks in this village. Thiruveesar (Shiva) is also carved in the rock of North East, East and now South. For the next two years I am here in Karaikudi for my post graduation and a whole new world lay before me to explore. My first destination here became this ancient rock-cut cave shrine with a sudden planning by my new hostel mates. On this fine sunday morning, after b Pillayarpatti is famous for its Karpaga Vinayagar Temple. It is a cave temple of the seventh century with a six-foot Vinayagar carved out of rock inside the cave. In addition to Vinayagra, there is also a rock-cut Shiva Lingam and another bas-relief of Ardhanarishvara which is also considered as that of Harihara. |akn| mbi| kai| woc| xhy| lad| vzt| kxq| iim| snk| miv| frs| xxh| gdx| jhp| bge| wuk| aht| cyp| jir| rxk| zrk| ran| nev| ubh| ifr| kex| ttw| rju| sbo| mlt| xhm| lre| luy| ctr| caa| uhi| qze| tcv| icz| ydu| oac| hxt| yuo| aef| ljx| hbq| dvf| vzp| wtz|