Pullamangai - the miniature marvel now becoming more worser

Pullamangai @ Pasupathikoil, as it is called by the locals, situated next to Ayyampettai on the Kumbakonam - Tanjavur highway, is a treasure trove for iconography, sculpture, temple art and miniatre lovers. This temple was renovated with shoddy knowledge and now there are more vegetation seen than before. We from REACH saw this temple, before we went to Mathur, the temple at the forest, situated at stone's throw distance from this temple.

A Early Chola architecture, epitome of miniature art this Pullamangai temple, also a Padal Petra Sthalam (பாடல் பெற்ற ஸ்தலம்) will soon loose its beauty if we allow mindless renovations. Trees are now full grown, which needs immediate removal. The over-done terrace tiles should be removed and the scrappy 'Salas' done should be replaced with well carved stone Salas.

The latest photos taken at Pullamangai by Chandrasekaran the PRO of REACH and Shriram's photos en-route to Mathur Vishnu temple shows the state of affairs today.

Old blogs(1,2,3,4) from our Moderator Chandrasekaran and few other interesting blogs 1 & 2 explain this temple in detail, but allowing it to detoriate is a serious crime to the future generation and to the everlasting Chola fame. Any listeners?

Mathur- temple in a forest

Mathur, near Pullamangai alias pasupathi Kovil, next to Ayyampettai on the Tanjore- Kumbakonam Highway, really is a place where a huge forest ad-measuring some 100 acres, keeps beneath its covers a huge Vijayanagara period Vishnu temple under its green covers! Until the retired Headmaster of the Ayyampettai school, Mr. Selvaraj told us, we were not aware such a huge temple would be lost in time.

Dr Satyamurthy, Chandra and Sriram the REACH team ventured into the forest to find to our greatsurprise and immense sadness the state of this brick temple. Led by the enthusiastic Head Master Mr. Selvaraj and his student, we have no words to describe this temple. They claim it is a private land, and we wonder how it can be? wither the archeaology department or the HR&CE department should look into taking possession and REACH is ready to restore this temple, which is believed to buried under sands when the mighty Cauveri changed tracks and flooded the entire Mathur area some 200 years before!

May be after Cauveri, Headmaster Selvaraj, it is the REACH team which bothered to enter and see the temple in such state of affairs!

REACH P.R.O Chandrasekaran sent his photos for you all to see

Member Sriram has sent his Picasa album for us to see...

Ruined Temple inside a Forest Ruined Temple inside a Forest pasupathi kovil - 25 juil. 2010 de Shriram This small village is called Mathur near Pasupathi Kovil in Thanjavur District... (72 kms from Tiruchy). Here we discovered a ruined 80ft tall brick temple tower mid of a forest...it was interesting and adventurous to visit such a place and it was sad that such a huge temple is in ruined status :( here are some of the photos for you... shri Message of Shriram: This small village is called Mathur near Pasupathi Kovil in Thanjavur District... (72 kms from Tiruchy). Here we discovered a ruined 80ft tall brick temple tower mid of a forest...it was interesting and adventurous to visit such a place and it was sad that such a huge temple is in ruined status :( here are some of the photos for you... shriram