Thiruvandarkoil

Thiruvandarkoil
State :	India
State :	Pondicherry
District :	Pondicherry
Sub-district :	Villianur
Location :	11 ° 55 ' N , 79 ° 39' E Coordinates: 11 ° 55 ' N , 79 ° 39' E
Height :	25 m
Area :	3.84 km²
Residents :	7,078 (2011)
Population density :	1843 Ew./km²
	Thiruvandarkoil - Panchanadishvara Temple

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Thiruvandarkoil ( Tamil திருவாண்டார்கோயில் IAST Tiruvāṇṭārkoyil ) or Thiruvandarkovil is a larger village with around 7,200 inhabitants in the southern Indian union territory of Puducherry . There is a medieval Shiva temple near the village .

location

Thiruvandarkoil is located approx. 19 km (driving distance) west of the city of Puducherry or approx. 21 km east of Viluppuram at an altitude of approx. 25 m above sea level. d. M. The climate is warm to hot; Rain falls mainly during the monsoon months from July to December.

population

The vast majority of the almost exclusively Tamil- speaking residents of the place are Hindus ; other religions hardly play a role in the rural regions of India. The female share of the population is approx. 3% higher than the male.

economy

Agriculture and, to a lesser extent, cattle breeding (cows, chickens) form the livelihood of the population. Small traders, craftsmen, service providers and smaller industrial companies have also settled in the village.

history

How far back the history of the place goes is unclear; Since around the middle of the 9th century, the place belonged to the dominion of the Chola dynasty. According to an inscription, the temple can be dated to around 930; other inscriptions come from the late Chola period.

Attractions

The Panchanadishvara temple, which is enclosed by a wall and consecrated to the Hindu god Shiva , is located on an artificial lake ; It consists of a small, laterally closed vestibule ( mandapa ) and the cella ( garbhagriha ) with a tower structure ( vimana ) that is stepped back several times and covered by a thin layer of stucco with pseudo-architecture and figural decorations and a "umbrella dome" with a vase ( kalasha ). In the niches of the outer wall made of granite stones and articulated by pilasters, there are several very high quality figures of gods; A little Nandi bull rests in front of the entrance to the vestibule .