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Architecture:

            The measurement of the temple is 800 ft (East-West) x 680 (South-North). The gopuram is small. The temple is big with Prakaras (circuits). There are four gopuras on four sides in the outermost Prakara.

 

Gopuram Views (click images for enlarged view)

  
   
Rear view of eastern Rajagopuram Front view of west gopuram
   
Flag mast follows Nandi pavillion and vinayagar - Rajagopuram Gopuram from the Mandapa
   

Sula Theertham (suriya pushkarani) - Shiva created this Theertham using the Tri-Sula (3 spike)  weapon. There is a belief that dissolving  Jaggery cures many diseases. It is also believed that taking holy bath for a Mandalam(48 days) cures even Leprosy also.

 South west prahara joins
   
View of Gopuram and Vimana from the Prahara The inner gopuram from the Rajagopuram ceilings
   

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