Vilvanatheeswarar Temple, Thiruvalam (Thiruvallam)
Thiruvalam – the place where lord Ganesha came around their parents and won the mango over his brother.
We reached there early morning. There was a group of children aged around 6 to 12 years singing Siva puranam
under the guidance of an old odhuvar. Old temple, stone flooring, no crowd at all and the children singing very devout. Wow… I wish to wake up ever morning in the same ambience.
Padavedu
Our next destination after breakfast was Padavedu. Padavedu is 30+ kms in the Vellore – Thiruvanamalai road. Follow the straight road from Vellore to Thiruvannamalai, pass by Kannamangalam-Vaazhiyur until Sandhaivasal. In Sandhaivasal turn right until you reach Padavedu.
Padavedu is a small village of banana and paddy fields. All the temples are old temples and amazing to hear that they were buried in sand. Over it the villagers have been cultivating corn until the buried temples were found it in ‘prasannam’ and archeological facts. Hats off to TVS company who have renovated and maintaining these temples. Amazing service they have been doing; all these temples are maintained very clean and daily they give prasadham as a kaingaryam.
We were lucky enough to get to see at least few of these temples. ‘Renuka Paremeswari’ temple is the most famous in this village.
Renuka Parameswari temple
Very famous temple and everyone on the way can direct it to the temple. The temple has a history of Parasuramar and his mom Renuka. Thank you, the temple has a very good signboard on all the temples, short history and opening timings.
Yoga Ramar Temple, Padavedu
Our next destination after breakfast was Padavedu. Padavedu is 30+ kms in the Vellore – Thiruvanamalai road. Follow the straight road from Vellore to Thiruvannamalai, pass by Kannamangalam-Vaazhiyur until Sandhaivasal. In Sandhaivasal turn right until you reach Padavedu.
Padavedu is a small village of banana and paddy fields. All the temples are old temples and amazing to hear that they were buried in sand. Over it the villagers have been cultivating corn until the buried temples were found it in ‘prasannam’ and archeological facts. Hats off to TVS company who have renovated and maintaining these temples. Amazing service they have been doing; all these temples are maintained very clean and daily they give prasadham as a kaingaryam.
We were lucky enough to get to see at least few of these temples. ‘Renuka Paremeswari’ temple is the most famous in this village.
Renuka Parameswari temple
Very famous temple and everyone on the way can direct it to the temple. The temple has a history of Parasuramar and his mom Renuka. Thank you, the temple has a very good signboard on all the temples, short history and opening timings.
Yoga Ramar Temple, Padavedu
The only place lord Rama is not Gothanda Ramar with bow and arrow He is i
n a meditation pose and has rested here on the request of Renuka Devi. Hanuman has ‘olai chuvadi’ clarifying doubts with Rama. The archagar and the staff are very friendly and passionate in sharing the history.
Sambar saadham and curd rice prasadham.
n a meditation pose and has rested here on the request of Renuka Devi. Hanuman has ‘olai chuvadi’ clarifying doubts with Rama. The archagar and the staff are very friendly and passionate in sharing the history.Sambar saadham and curd rice prasadham.
Veera Anjaneyar Temple, Padavedu
This is a new temple built and we went there hoping that we could request him to visit the ‘Chinna Varadhar’ temple. Though we were not lucky enough as the archagar has just closed the Varadhar temple and he said next time.
Milagau Vadai and curd rice (prasadham from Chinna Varadhar) temple.
Ammayappa Eswarar Temple, Padavedu
Recently renov
ated from the buried sand and the temple is at a beautiful location facing paddy field. This is the only temple with ‘Abarnambigai’ as the goddess. The name ‘Abarnambigai’ comes in Lalitha Sakasaranamam. In front of the goddess shrine they still have a place from where the idols and jewels of the goddess were recovered.
Curd rice, mixed rice and payasam prasadham.
Chinna Varadhar Temple, Padavedu
We didn’t want to miss the ‘Chinna varadhar’ temple, though it was closed. We got a guide on the ay and the middle-aged woman agreed to show u
s the route if we dropped her in the car near the temple.
Well we had to get down on a small road. The temple is hidden in between banana and paddy fields. Watch the path as it might be slippery.
It was an experience to sit on the steps of the closed temple and no human in sight, lush green at any angle you turn the head.
End of day 2 – Wish to go back to Padavedu and visit all the temples and if there’s a chance to stay in that village for a couple of days. A very satisfactory day and the only regret was that we were not in Padavedu early in the morning.
This is a new temple built and we went there hoping that we could request him to visit the ‘Chinna Varadhar’ temple. Though we were not lucky enough as the archagar has just closed the Varadhar temple and he said next time.
Milagau Vadai and curd rice (prasadham from Chinna Varadhar) temple.
Ammayappa Eswarar Temple, Padavedu
Recently renov
ated from the buried sand and the temple is at a beautiful location facing paddy field. This is the only temple with ‘Abarnambigai’ as the goddess. The name ‘Abarnambigai’ comes in Lalitha Sakasaranamam. In front of the goddess shrine they still have a place from where the idols and jewels of the goddess were recovered.Curd rice, mixed rice and payasam prasadham.
Chinna Varadhar Temple, Padavedu
We didn’t want to miss the ‘Chinna varadhar’ temple, though it was closed. We got a guide on the ay and the middle-aged woman agreed to show u
s the route if we dropped her in the car near the temple.Well we had to get down on a small road. The temple is hidden in between banana and paddy fields. Watch the path as it might be slippery.
It was an experience to sit on the steps of the closed temple and no human in sight, lush green at any angle you turn the head.
End of day 2 – Wish to go back to Padavedu and visit all the temples and if there’s a chance to stay in that village for a couple of days. A very satisfactory day and the only regret was that we were not in Padavedu early in the morning.
On the route to Padavedu, saw many 'Ayyannar' idols without heads. Is there a story behind it?
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