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Sri Thiripuranthakeswarar Temple

This is one of the 276 Devara Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalams and 14th Shiva Sthalam in Thondai Nadu.Lord Shiva in this temple is a Swayambumurthi (self-manifested). This Shiva lingam is not touched by human hands, not even by the priests, as it is “Theendathirumeni. The east facing temple has two corridors and its main tower (Rajagopuram) has 5-tiers. The vimana (roof tower) of the sanctum sanctorum is designed in a special way that is exclusive to Pallava architecture - the Gaja Brishtam, that looks like the rear of an elephant (Gaja - elephant, brishtam - rear).There is separate set of Pancha Bootha Sthalams around Chennai and out of that, this is the “Agni” Sthalam.