Panangudi-Ruined Shiva Temple

              Panangudi is a small village in Pudukkottai district. Here we can find a Shiva and Vishnu temple. This Shiva temple is know as Agasteyesvara Temple. This temple was built by The early Chola ( 500 -1000 CE) . This is a east facing temple.


Inscriptions
         On the west wall of the temple,  it is said about the Chola king Kulottunga 3 and in the north wall says about the Pandya king Maravarman alias Sri Kulasekharadeva.

These references give much more details about the temple.

Reference:

1 http://puratattva.in/2011/04/15/panangudi-agastyesvara-temple-16.html





          

 

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Truth of The Indonesian Ancestors!!!!!!!!

             When i was browsing the net i just found a video which tells about a 1000 years old Temple found In Indonesia. Archaeologist have found this on the ground of Yogyakarta's Islamic University. When the dug the ground, they found an extraordinary still standing walls of the temple. They also found a beautiful and rare Hindu Gods Statue which could insights into Indonesia's per-Islamic culture.

           A volcanic eruption is thought most likely to have covered the temple around the 10th century, about 100 years after it was built. The temple clearly shows it is a  Hindu Shivaistic nature.This temple also has a Ganesha statue. The style of carving strongly suggests hat the construction may be somewhere around the 9th to 10th century, during The Mataram kingdom period.

This temple was given the name as Pustakasala (also known as Kimpulan temple) .


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pustakasala



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_1-3IC6X34&feature=related

Nayak period..

Erasakkanayakkanur  Temple:

This temple is in a small village named Erasakkanayakkanur, near Theni, Tamil Nadu state, India. The name come from Erra Jakku Nayakkar. This village was formed during the Nayak rule and could be one of the oldest Telugu palayams or settlements. 

There is no much information about this temple. If some one knows please do post it..

A video of this temple:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzJEdfnH5yE



November 6th 2013 update:

This temple has been renovated by the government of  India and here is the picture of the temple. This information was given by one of my blog reader who's from this place. He has also send the picture of this temple. Thanks!