Then it fell into the hands of Mohammed Yousoof Khan. Until , Sri Andal temple was under the care of the king of Trivancore. The British ruled the country till India attained freedom in Thus attracting a diverse collection of people is situated our Srivilliputtur in Virudhunagar District about 75 kms away from Madurai from north and about 70kms away from Tirunelveli from south.
From all these places Srivilliputtur is approachable by road and rail. One can go there almost at any time of the year. The greatest attraction is the Rajagopuram of the temple; with eleven tiers and " height it is one among the tallest towers of temples in Tamilnadu. It has found a fitting place in the emblem of Government of Tamilnadu. It signifies the ancient Tamil architecture; it symbolizes the age old matured culture and stands majestically as a proud tradition; and all are at one stroke.
The towers of this temple are the official emblem of state of Tamil Nadu. Temple management needs to look into matter of maintainance of temple. Crowd management is one other aspect which the Management needs to learn. Milk products palkova very famous in this place. It is a big temple with tall gopurams as called in tamil or towers in english is so beautiful and rich in sculptures. For Hindus visiting this temple and worshipping the goddess Sri Andal is very special. We were feeling so happy to visit this temple and seeing the beauty of a number of granite stone pillars with lots of ornamental sculpture work.
Temple was very clean and tidy. The main temple is pretty old, not well maintained though. This is one reason locals like me Was there for 18 years and visit atleast once in a year go to this temple only when some friends Tourists want to see it.
Guava fruit is very good in that area, buy when you get out of the temple. Buy Palkova from Venkateswara vilas sweet stall, its a tiny shop and you'll see lot of crowd.
Kathiravan hotel is the place to eat if you visit this temple. The temple is an ancient temple dedicated to perumal and his devotee andal. The temple tower photo is engraved in the state emblem of Tamilnadu. Skip to main content. Sign in to get trip updates and message other travelers. Tamilnadu emblem - Andal Renga Mannar Temple. Andal Renga Mannar Temple. National Highway , Srivilliputhur , India. Review Highlights. Reviewed December 28, Reviewed December 15, Tamilnadu emblem.
It was only during the tenure of Kumarasamy Raja as the chief minister that the gopuram was officially made the state emblem. Although the gopuram in the emblem is generic and does not carry specific references, Srivilliputhur temple gopuram came to be known as the state emblem, even in government records due to the TKC-Reddy episode.
A student of the Government College of Fine Arts and Crafts in Chennai, who went on to become the principal of the college later, Rao was approached to design the emblem in , when he was a professor of applied arts in the college.
There are no records of him having painted the Srivilliputhur temple. My father had painted the figurines of Siva and Parvati on the Rishaba vahanam, seen in the gopuram in the Madurai temple. Efforts to trace the original painting which is supposed to have been incorporated into the state emblem were futile. As gathered from sources, the watercolour painting lies in the archives of either of the aforementioned institutions. If it becomes possible to see the painting for oneself and decide, there would be an end to the speculative tale of the two 'gopurams'.
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