Sundaresvarar Temple, Koranattukarupur

Rajagopura

Sundaresvarar Temple is a Siva temple in Koranattukarupur near Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India.

Location

This temple is located at Karupur also known as Koranattukarupur in Kumbakonam-Chennai road, at a distance of 3 km from Kumbakonam. As there were more number of Pathiri trees, this place was called as Koranattukarupur. ^[1]

Structure

The temple has five tier Rajagopura. In the sanctum sanctorum, the presiding deity is in the form of Lingam, facing east. The shrine of Goddess is facing south. In the first Prakaram, Vahana mandapa, kitchen, yagasala are found. In the south west sanctum sanctorum, is found. In the second prakara, Dakshinamurthi, Vinayaka, Subramania, Saptamathar, Mahalakshmi, Durga are found. In the north Nataraja, and Bairava, are found. In the North east Navagraha is found. ^[1] There is a separate shrine for Petti Kaliamman.^{[ citation needed ]}

Presiding deity

The presiding deity is known as Sundaresvarar, Sundarar and Lokasundarar. The Goddess is known as Abirami. ^[1] Kumbhabhishekham of this temple took place during March 2018. ^[2]

Panchakorsa Sthalam

This is one of the Panchakrosa Sthalams, a cluster of five Siva temples connected with Mahamaham festival of Kumbakonam. ^[3] Other temples are Tiruvidaimaruthur, Tirunagesvaram, Darasuram and Swamimalai. ^[4]

Vaippu Sthalam

Very near to this temple, a temple known as Agastisvarar Temple is found. It is one of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Sundarar. ^{[5] [6]}

Gallery

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  Entrance
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  Front mandapa
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  Vimana of the presiding deity
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  Vimana of the Goddess
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  Outer prakara, north
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  Outer prakara, south

References

1. பக்தர்களைக் காக்கும் பெட்டி காளி, தினத்தந்தி, 8.7.2014
2. கொரநாட்டு கருப்பூர் அபிராமி சுந்தரேஸ்வரர் கோயிலில் மகா கும்பாபிஷேகம், தினமணி, 27 மார்ச் 2018
3. திருக்குடந்தை அருள்மிகு ஆதிகும்பேசுவரசுவாமி திருக்கோயில் தல வரலாறு, 2004 (மகாமக ஆண்டு)
4. மாசிமகத்தன்று தரிசிக்க வேண்டிய ஐந்து தலங்களில் ஒன்று!, விகடன், 13 பிப்ரவரி 2018
5. மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், Muvar Thevara Vaippu Thalangal, கருப்பூர்/(கொரநாட்டுக் கருப்பூர்) Karuppur/(Koranattuk Karuppur), 7-98-3
6. பு.மா.ஜெயசெந்தில்நாதன், தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், வர்த்தமானன் பதிப்பகம், சென்னை, 2009

External links

• அருள்மிகு சுந்தரேஸ்வரர் திருக்கோயில், தினமலர் கோயில்கள்
• Sundareswarar Temple, Dinamalar Temples