Periya Nayaki Amman Temple

India / Tamil Nadu / Polur /
 temple, hindu temple
Arulmegu Periyanayagi Ammam Temple and Kanagagieswarar Temple of Vijayanagara Period dates back 15th Century, This is a second Biggest temple in Thiruvannamalai district. This village is located south of Arni. Devikapuram comes under Arni Taluk. Periyanayaki Amman temple has lot of excellent sculptures. Compound of this temple was carved with phrases of purana stories, warriors and animals like elephants and horses. This kind of phrases are seen only at Hampi. on the walls of the Periyanayagi Amman Temple about 50 inscriptions incised recording donations mostly from Padaiveu Nayaks. Mandapams are main attaction of the tourists. On the hill top Malaikkozhundu Nayaka is housed a temple. one can easily reach the top with well laid steps. It is landmark in this area. By M.GANDHI, CURATOR RTD,DEPARTMENT OF MUSEUMS, VELLORE. For more details please visit the website: www.devikapuram.in

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Coordinates:   12°29'53"N   79°15'11"E

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  • Hey This is my native place too...the temples should be taken care of.
  • New chariot has been buit now. This year's Car festival is going to be grand with the new Chariot.
  • Yes, The Temple Car - "Thiru Ther" has been newly made. The Yearly "Panguni Uthiram" Festival is started. This year it is going to be special and grand as the New Temple Car and the Car Festival is to be held on 18th March 2008.
  • That’s really happy news to know about the new car, and still our temple needs lot of promotions and improvements so that our place can be can be projected as a best historical place.
  • feel proud to hear all of the developements in our native... new temple car adds more dimension to the improvement..Go ahead DVM.
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  • My native place is Devikapuram, but i stay in Mumbai since birth. Good to see the details of our Prriyanayaki Temples. Thanks & Regards, Suman Sengunthar
  • Hai every body, this is krishnan venkata subramanyam sharma (S/o Navaneetha krishnan alias Abbai, Grand son of Munirathnam Iyer alias chinna Iyer, settled at Andhra Pradesh, now happy to say to meet all.
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  • its my nativ place
  • I'm Natarajan, Son of Mr. K. Shanmugam, who used to reside at Mariamman Koil Street, long back. Now we reside at Ambarnath-Maharashtra. Really feel proud to say that My Birth Place "Devikapuram" is a holy Place, also feed proud that I'm a son of Devikapuram soil.
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