Kongu Nadu Sthalams

We visited Kongu Nadu Sthalams in February. There are seven sthalams, - no Divya Desams.

Reached Tirupur, our base, early in the morning by train. 

Travel plan:  Day 1: Tirupur - Karur - Venjamankudalur - Tiruchengode - Bhavani - Kodumudi - Tirupur. 

Day 2: Tirupur - Avinasi - Tirumurugan Poondi

Took a taxi to Karur. Karur was a capital of Chola Kings, was also the place of Karuvur Devar, Rajaraja Cholan's guru. Other capitals were Uraiyur, Thanjavur, Pazayarai, Tiruvarur and Poompuhar. Pasupatheeswarar has two consorts. Apparently, the original Ambal was buried during muslim invasion and could not be found. Another Ambal was installed. Then, the old Ambal was discovered and reinstalled again. Temple is huge, well maintained, reasonably patronised. We were refused permission to photograph. Sambandar padigam here.

Venjaman Koodalur was the next destination. This is about 15km from Karur. The temple was destroyed by floods in 50s  and rebuilt in 70s.  Sundarar has a padigam here. Temple is marketed as the one to go if marriage is delayed.