Author: Mala Chandrashekhar

Overview Brahmeswara Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India,erected at the end of the 9th century CE, is richly carved inside and out. This Hindu temple can be dated with fair accuracy by the use of inscriptions that were originally on the temple. They are now lost, but records of them preserve the information of around…Continue readingBrahmeswara Temple of Bhubaneswar in Odisha

Overview Sivapuri Uchinathar Temple (also called Thirunelvayil) is a Hindu temple located at Sivapuri in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, India. The place is also known as Thirunelvayil. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called Uchinathar here. His consort here is Uchinayagi. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the Nayanmars and…Continue readingSivapuri Uchinathar Temple of Cuddalore in Tamilnadu

Overview Thirumazhapadi Vaidyanathaswami Temple is a Tamil temple located at Thirumazhapadi in Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the Moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Vaidyanathaswami. His consort, Parvati, is known as Sundarambikai. The historical name of the place is Mazhuvadi. Significance It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams – Shiva Sthalams  glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems…Continue readingThirumazhapadi Vaidyanathaswami Temple of Ariyalur in Tamilnadu