{"id":22881,"date":"2024-04-28T06:42:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T01:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=22881"},"modified":"2025-04-06T22:41:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T17:11:49","slug":"alagar-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/alagar-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Alagar Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Alagar Temple<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also known with the name of <strong>Azhagar Kovil<\/strong> is one of the prominent temples situated at the foothills of Alagar hills in the state of Tamil Nadu.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>dedicated to Lord Vishnu<\/strong> and is known for its intricate sculpting and mandapams.<\/li>\n<li>It was mentioned in epics such as <strong>Silappathikaram<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Alvars like Thirumangai Alvar, Peri Alvar, Nammalvar, Bhoothathalvar, Peyalwar, Andal have also mentioned the glorious history of the shrine in their songs.<\/li>\n<li>There are also inscriptions dating back to King Ashoka rule. It is said that great <strong>Jain monk Ajjanandi <\/strong>had resided here along with his disciples.<\/li>\n<li>This temple has a prominent place during the <strong>Pandyan reign.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It was during the rule of King <strong>Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan<\/strong> (1251-1270 A.D) vimana of the <strong>temple\u2019s sanctum sanctorum<\/strong> was beautified with gold plates.<\/li>\n<li>The massive tower which is seen at the entrance of the temple was also built during the reign of Pandyan kingdom.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>King <strong>Thirumalai Naickar of Nayaka dynasty<\/strong> also added many artistic features to this temple during his reign.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>kalyan mandapam<\/strong> of the temple, especially showcases <strong>Nayaka art.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What are the key facts about Vaigai River?<\/h3>\n<p>It is the major river in the fabled city of Madurai, the capital of the ancient and prosperous Pandya kingdom located in southern Tamil Nadu. The river finds a mention in Sangam literature dated to 300 before the Common Era. Length: It is 258 kilometres long.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/cities\/Madurai\/lord-kallazhagar-enters-vaigai-river-as-part-of-chithirai-festival-in-madurai\/article68097114.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Lord Kallazhagar enters Vaigai river as part of Chithirai festival in Madurai<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alagar Temple also known with the name of Azhagar Kovil is one of the prominent temples situated at the foothills of Alagar hills in the state of Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22882,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-22881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}