PENNESWARAR TEMPLE - PENNESWARARMAADAM - KRISHNAGIRI DISTRICT - TAMILNADU. Penneswarar Siva temple in the town Penneswarar in Krishnagiri district Tamilnadu,abo ut 3.5 KM's from the Salem Bangaluru highway is an exquisite temple built by Kulothunga Chola the 3rd around 1188 AD after winning a war and is more than 800 years old. The temple also has passed on to the later kingdoms, including,the Hoysala, Vijayanagara,Athiyamaan and so on. Infact the Rajagopuram was built by King Athiyamaan. The Temple has a South entrance with a Rajagopuram, seven tiered, which leads to a huge compound, being the tallest Gopuram in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu. Inside the compound is the inner precinct through which one has to enter the Mukhamandapam perpendicular to the south entrance. On entrance you see a beautiful Vinayaka (Sankatahara) on a raised pedestal. To the right of the Vinayaka statue facing east is the sanctum of Lord Shiva known as Penneswarar in the form of a small l
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