Thirumalpur
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| State : | Tamil Nadu | ||
| District : | Vellore | ||
| Sub-district : | Arakkonam | ||
| Location : | 12 ° 56 ' N , 79 ° 39' E | ||
| Height : | 100 m | ||
| Area : | 6.2 km² | ||
| Residents : | 4,803 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 775 inhabitants / km² | ||
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Thirumalpur is a village with almost 5,000 inhabitants in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu . Just outside the village there is an important Shiva temple from the Chola period.
location
Erukkampattu lies at an altitude of almost 100 m above sea level. d. M. approx. 62 km (driving distance) east of the district capital Vellore or approx. 19 km northwest of Kanchipuram . The climate is tropical and warm; Rain falls mainly in the monsoon months of July to November.
population
The inhabitants of the place are predominantly Hindus ; other religious communities hardly play a role among the rural population of southern India. The female share of the population is around 2% less than the male.
economy
In the area around the village there is farming and some cattle breeding (chickens); There are small traders, craftsmen and day laborers in the village.
history
With interruptions mainly due to the Chola , the dynasties of the Pandyas (capital Madurai ) and the Pallavas (capital Kanchipuram ) ruled the region for a long time , but they often delegated the actual power to regional vassals. In the 14th century, Muslim rulers briefly occupied power, which then passed to the Hindu Vijayanagar empire, which in turn had to make way for the Nawabs of Karnatik (approx. 1690–1801). In the meantime, however, the British and French fought for supremacy in the region in the Carnatic Wars (1744–1763).
Attractions
- In the village of the god is Vishnu consecrated Venkatesa Perumal Temple .
- Approx. 1 km to the northeast is the strange, only 4.50 m wide and 10 m long Konar Temple , a building from the Chola period (around 900), the purpose of which is unclear. It consists of a closed vestibule and a spatially separated, but completely identically dimensioned, towerless cella ( garbhagriha ), in which, however, there is no cult image (anymore). The unadorned outer wall covered with inscriptions is only structured by a central recess and pilasters with small reliefs in the upper area. Small blind windows ( kudus ) can be seen in the surrounding eaves cornice ; beneath it runs a frieze with dwarf-like figures reminiscent of the accompanying group of Shivas ( ganas ). The partially destroyed inscriptions do not allow any conclusions to be drawn about the function of the towerless structure and the client (s).
See also
The Konar temple is similar to the Shiva temple of Panangudi and other small temples of the Chola period , except for the missing tower structure, the figure frieze under the eaves and the numerous inscriptions on the outer wall .