Ainootreeswarar Temple Mathur | Karaikudi Ainootreeswarar Temple

Location: mathur; 5 kms from karaikudi

Main deity: Ainootreesar

His consort: periya nayaki

Pirivugal : Uraiyur-kudiyar, Arumbakkur-kudiyar, Manalur-kudiyar, Mannan-kudiyar, Kannar-kudiyar, Karuppur-kudiyar, Kulathur-kudiyar

Estimated Date Granted: 712 A.D.
Number of pillars : 6,800*

Puranic lore

The Mathur temple is a little over 5 kms from Karaikudi, that can be reached not long after passing Iluppakudi. Burial urns found in the vicinity indicate that there were settlements here more than 1500 years ago. The temple is rich with sculptures, and there is a unique piece at the entrance to the mahamandapam, where the steps, the two flanking elephants and the pedestals for the two doorkeepers have all been hewn from one stone. The nearly 70-foot tall rajagopuram here has been constructed in five storeys. The vizha mandapam or the festival hall in front of the rajagopuram or the main tower, at the entrance was built in 1949 and can seat 500 persons within the hall and another 500 around it. The main deity here is Lord Ainootheswarar and his consort Periyanayaki.

Ainootreeswarar Temple Pond View Image

Important points

The sevan pirivus,though they have the same kovil, will do marriage with other pirivu of the same kovil and they will do do marriage with other kovils too.

Points of Interest

Mathur has the largest number of pullis.

The nearly 70 foot tall rajagopuram here has been constructed in 5 storeys.

The Ainootheswarar temple has stone lions with freely rotating stone balls within each of their mouths. The sculptural achievement is a feature produced by artisans of the Vijayanagar empire.