Pandithar kudi vayal - Trichy/Pudukottai - Daily Pooja Scheme

This  Village Pandithar Kudi Vayal houses the ancient temple of Arulmigu Anandavalli samedha Soleeswarar swamy.

Panchamugha Lingam

This is a 1000 year old temple with  a Panchamugha Shiva Lingam in an old stone structure which is in a structurally unsafe condition. This temple is little away from the village and thanks to the effort of some members of the village a small temple is being built to house this God next to the existing temple.

This temple is about 5 km off Trichy - Pudukottai main road from Kalamavoor.

Lord Ganesha in the tank bund

There is a huge tank which is presently dry which belongs to the temple.

In olden days people who venture on a pilgrimage to Kasi from Rameswaram use to go via this place and halt here, have darshan  and take rest . This village is said to have a lot of Pandits  and hence this place came to be called Pandithar (learned people) Kudi (place of stay) vayal (surrounded by fields).

We have now identified through the reference of a Sivan Adiyar Mr Kandasamy Siva, a person named Mr A Ganesan as priest to do the daily pooja for a monthly remuneration of Rs 500 . He has forwarded his bank  account details and from april 2015 he has been paid this agreed sum to do service to god.

UPDATE
We are happy to announce that the construction of the  temple is complete and kumbhabhishekam has been performed. Daily pooja is taking place as desired.