Saturday, April 9, 2011

Pon Vilaintha Kalathur Part 4 - Ponpadharkoodam Chaturbhuja Ramar Temple

About 4 Kms from Ponvilantha Kalathur, this small village gets its name from the fact that this place used to be full of golden husk all over. ( Ponpadhar - means golden husk.in Tamil).While Golden grains were grown in Ponvilaintha Kalathur, they were threshed and cleaned at Ponpadhar Koodam..!

One has to go past green paddy fields flanked by two lakes to reach this village that houses a cute temple of Chatur Bhuja Ramar. Here Lord Rama is seen with four hands.Hence the name Chatur Bhuja Ramar.!

We come to the concluding part of this series with this episode..!

















There is an ancient  Siva temple in Ponvilaintha Kalathur which I could not visit. I believe it was build in Chola period.

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17 comments:

  1. What a wonderful, colorful tour of another fascinating part of your world, Sridharan! Your photos are superb as always! Hope you're enjoying a lovely weekend!

    Sylvia

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  2. I am reading the concluding part first. Was travelling Sridhar. I was in Chennai also, for 2 days :)

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  3. Four armed Rama... very rare. Great captures all.

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  4. Welcome back Chitra..Hope to see some posts of your visit!

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  5. Thanks Indrani..It is indeed rare to see Rama with 4 arms..!

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  6. Beautiful shots of the country side and temple.

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  7. Another great post with superb photos Sridharan. Your culture is just fascinating!

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  8. Sridharan,
    It was not pilgrimage . I was there on some personal work. Leaving tomorrow for our temple festival in Kochi. shall be away for 4-5 days.see you.
    But I will comeback and read all your posts:). Love them.

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  9. Wish you a great trip Chitra..Waiting to see your post on the Cochi temple festival..!

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  10. Beautiful shots of the temple and fiels of our villages.

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