The place is very close to Kumbakonam( 7-8 kms) and is the old chola capital. The cholas are supposed to have lived here before they shifted to Tanjore. We went searching for the cholarmaligai in this place but found nothing here... two very friendly local children guided us to an old aiyynar temple which apparently has been built in the very same place where cholar maligai existed ( dont know how far this is true !)....The temple that i wish to address in this post is the Shiva temple( Somanathaswamy) at this locality which is very much dilapidated.....the temple has been visited by appar , sambandar....the keys to the temple are with some local family who dont seem to have any connection with the temple authorities ( that is if that exists)..............many sculptures and oldies have been shifted from this place to pateeswaram and other locales.........and many have been robbed.......whatever heritage of cholas that we can save even today will serve as a great history for future generations.....as such chola history is very elusive due to distruction of loads of historical facts and proofs........what many of us know of chola empire is thanks to Kalki's ponniyenselvan which has an equal dose of fact and fiction...probably
Picked up a small stone from the temple to keep the memory intect.... but had to leave it behind as my mom adviced that " shivan sotthu kula nasam....."
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