{"id":30693,"date":"2025-03-10T09:14:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T03:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30693"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:59:06","slug":"jalantheeswarar-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/jalantheeswarar-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalantheeswarar Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jalantheeswarar Temple Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Jalanatheswarar temple at Thakkolam in Ranipet district, a treasure trove of Tamil history, particularly the reign of Cholas, is in bad shape.<\/p>\n<h2>About Jalantheeswarar Temple<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location: <\/strong>Jalantheeswarar Temple (also known as <strong>Thiruvooral<\/strong>) is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, situated in Thakkolam village of Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Deity: <\/strong>The presiding deity is <strong>Lord Shiva<\/strong> worshipped as <strong>Jalantheeswarar<\/strong>, represented by a lingam made of sand (prithvi lingam), known as Theenda Thirumeni.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Construction:<\/strong> The original temple complex was constructed by Pallavas and later expanded by Cholas. The present masonry structure dates back to the Nayak period in the 16th century.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Architectural Features:<\/strong> The temple complex spans approximately 1.5 acres, featuring <strong>a three-tiered gopuram <\/strong>(gateway tower) and concentric granite walls. The main sanctum houses the deity Jalantheeswarar in the form of a lingam made of sand.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Religious Significance:<\/strong> It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams &#8211; Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanars Sambandar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sambandar<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Thirugnana Sambandar, also known as Sambandar, was a 7th-century CE Saiva poet-saint from Tamil Nadu and a contemporary of Appar.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>As per Tamil Shaiva tradition, he composed 16,000 hymns in intricate meters, of which 383 (or 384) hymns with 4,181 stanzas have survived.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Jalantheeswarar Temple FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1.<\/strong> Q1: What is the architectural style of Jalantheeswarar Temple?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong> The temple showcases Dravidian architecture, characterized by its three-tiered gopuram and intricate granite structures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2. <\/strong>Which dynasties contributed to the construction and expansion of the temple?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>The Pallavas initiated its construction, with subsequent contributions from the Cholas and Nayaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3. <\/strong>What is the main deity of Jalantheeswarar Temple?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans. <\/strong>The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, worshipped as Jalantheeswarar.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/ranipet-6th-century-thakkolam-temple-the-treasure-trove-of-tamil-history-in-derelict\/article69309488.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jalantheeswarar Temple, located in Thakkolam, Ranipet district, is an ancient Shiva temple revered in Tamil history and Saiva literature<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30693","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\/30693","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=30693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}