Kudumiyanmalai - The hill
Kudumiyanmalai Temple
The first corridor leading to the sanctum sanctorum of Shikhagirishwarar
Hanuman
varAha avatAr
kUrmAvatAr
narasimha
matsyAvatAr
Corridor leading to the sanctum sanctorum of shikhAgirIshwara
Dwarapalaka
Ceiling & top of the pillars
Shiva in UrdhvatAnDava
Vinayaka
Vinayaka. The head of His consort is broken :(
Subrahmanya
Designs on a pillar
vimAna of ShikhAgirIshwarar
The corridor leading to the sanctum sanctorum of akhilAnDEshwari
Sculptures of Gajalakshmi etc. on a door in the corridor in the shrine of akhilAnDEshwari
Sculptures of anRil paravai (a bird having two bodies but just one head) on a door in the corridor in the shrine of akhilAnDEshwari
dwArapAlaka near the door in the corridor in the shrine of akhilAnDEshwari
dwajasthamba
main gOpura & the corridor of the shrine of ShikhagirIshwarar
Sculptures of dancers
The steps leading to the sanctum sanctorum of akhilAnDEshwari
Inscriptions on the wall
Inscriptions
vimAna of akhilAnDEshwari sannidhi
Sculptures of Shiva & pArvati on rishaba, along with 63 nAyanArs carved on the hill
Close-up of sculptures of Shiva & pArvati on rishaba, along with 63 nAyanArs carved on the hill
rAsi mandapam having sculptures of the 12 rAsis
mandapam in ruins
mandapam outside the temple
Loved the cotton-candy-like clouds! :)
Pillars outside the temple
nandi
thEr in ruins!
Temple, the hill, house nearby &, above all, the cotton-candy-like-clouds! :)
