Moolavar : Sri Karunellinathar, Nelli Vana Nathar.
Consort : Sri Meenakshi Amman, Chokki Amman
Some of the Salient features of this temple are….
The temple faces east with an entrance steps and mandapam on the east side. Balipeedam, Dwajasthambam and Rishabam are in front of sanctum sanctorum. Dwarapalakas are at the entrance of sanctum sanctorum. In Sanctum Moolavar and avidayar are square in shape excavated from the mother rock.
In praharam Vinayagar, Sri Valli Devasena Subramaniar, Chandikeswarar, Durgai, Bairavar, Chandran, Suryan, Saptamatrikas, Sri Girikujambal Piraisoodi Amman & Naganatha Swamy, and Kotravai.
Ambal Meenakshi is in a separate temple faces east with sanctum sanctorum, ardha mandapam and maha mandapam. Dwarapalakis are at the entrance of sanctum sanctorum. Balipeedam, Rishabam are in front of sanctum sanctorum. Ambal is in a standing posture with a lotus bud in the right hand and left hand is in dola hastam.
ARCHITECTURE
The temple consists of sanctum, sanctorum, ardha mandapam, maha mandapa, prahara mandapa, vasantha mandapa. From adhistam to prastaram, the temple was built with stone. The Sanctum Sanctorum is on a pada bandha adhistanam with jagathy, three patta kumudam and pattikai. The Bhitti starts with vedikai. The prastaram consists of valapi and kapotam. A Two tala vesara brick vimanam is on the sanctum sanctorum. Shiva, Dakshinamurthy, Maha Vishnu and Brahma are in the tala and greeva koshtams.
HISTORY AND INSCRIPTIONS
In the northern portion of this village Thiruthangaal a hillock known as Tangalgiri, and this Shiva temple was built along with Sri Ninra Narayana Perumal. The inscriptions records the name of this place as ‘Karunilakudi Nattu Thiruthangal’. As per the inscriptions this temple was constructed in 1233 CE in the reign of Sundara Pandyan-I.
பொயு 133 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு, பாண்டிய மன்னர் சுந்தர பாண்டியரின் 17ஆவது ஆட்சியாண்டு, திருநெல்லி நாத சுவாமி திருக்கோயில் அர்த்த மண்டபம் தென்சுவரில் (கருவூல அறையிலுள்ளது) உள்ள கல்வெட்டு, பூங்கமழ் சோலை சிற்றூருடையானாகிய குருகுலத்தரையனைப் பற்றிய பாடல் கல்வெட்டாகக் காணப்படுகிறது. இவன் சிவன் கோயிலைக் கற்றளியாகச் செய்தமைத்ததையும் பதிவு செய்கின்றது. பாடல் கல்வெட்டு. இவற்றில் முதலிரண்டு பாடல்கள் நெல்லையப்பர் கோவிலிலும் கல்வெட்டுகளாக வெட்டப்பட்டுள்ளன.
13th century Sundara Pandyan’s 17 reign year inscription records that the temple was built by a person called Gurukulatharaiyan. The praising song about Gurukulatharaiyan of Poongamil Garden is found in the inscription. It is to be noted that the first two lines of the song can also be seen in the stone scripture of Nellaiyappar temple. This inscription mentioned that Gurukulatharaiyan had prevented Shiva from becoming a Bhiksatana to beg for his daily bowl of bali, by instituting a special service and making provisions for food offerings to the temple.
பொயு 17- 18 ஆம் நூற்றாண்டு குமாரரங்கப்ப நாயக்கர் காலத்தைச் சார்ந்த அருள்மிகு கருநெல்லி நாத சுவாமி திருக்கோயில் கருவறை வடக்குச் சுவரில் உள்ள கல்வெட்டு இவ்விறைவர்க்கு உடைப்பன் குளத்து வருவாயில் கால்பங்கு இறைவன் இறைவி பூசைக்காகக் கொடுக்கப்பட்டதைப் பதிவு செய்கின்றது.
An 17th – 18th Century CE, Vijayanagara King Kumarappa Nayaka period inscription on the north wall of the central shrine of the Shiva temple, records an endowment of ¼ share of the UdaippanKulam village after purchasing it, for the purpose of conducting puja expenses of both Shiva and Amman.
A 1032 CE inscription records the temples as Paramaswamy who willingly chose the hillock as his abode.
A lake by name of Vallabha Pereri existed by the side of the temple.
Ulli Bomman Kalangatha Kanda Nayakar, who attained martyrdom in a war at Thiruthangal, was sanctified by donating the places around Thiruthangal to his family. An image of the warrior is found on the rock where the the temple is existing.
Maha Kumbhabhishekam was conducted on 15th September 2005.
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