Nagareeswarar Panpozhi

Saivite Temples, Tirunelveli District

God

Nagareeswarar, facing east

Goddess

Aramvalartha Nayaki, facing east

Other Deities

Mahaganapathi, Subramanya, Suryan, Juradevar, Muruga with consorts, Saneeswara, Bhairava, Navagraha, Chandran. Sanctum niches – Dakshinamurthi, Durga, Chandikeswara

Nagareeswarar Panpozhi is a large and old temple where the god and goddess are in separate sanctums. Both the shrines have an entrance passage Mantapam, Maha Mantapam, Ardha Mantapam, and Antralay leading to the sanctum sanctorum. The temple has a single large Prakaram. A temple tank is outside in the east.

Holy Water (Theertham) – Temple Tank

Sacred Tree (Sthala Vriksham) – No information

History

Nagareeswarar Panpozhi is an ancient temple as is evident from the many stone inscriptions on the wall and outer wall of the sanctum sanctorum. The details of the inscriptions are not available as of now.

Legend

No information

Directions

Nagareeswarar Panpozhi is 5 kilometers north of Shenkottai and about 10 kilometers northwest of Tenkasi.

Stay and Food

None locally. The closest is Tenkasi.

Saivite Temples

Nagareeswarar, Panpozhi