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t this this this a t the the the of m t He o h h n of to as h is is d e e y t i PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH Volume-7 | Issue-8 | August-2018 | PRINT ISSN No 2250-1991 tree. Among the trees the tamarind tree gets significance among the Vaishnavas. Vaishnava temples do not have Sthalavirshas. The temple at Alvar Tirunagari may be pointed out as Vaishnava temple having a Sthalavirksham. It was held with great sanctity from the hoary past. Around the tamarind tree there is a wall. In this wall one can see the images of 108 Divya Desas. The Ustavar of the main deity (Adinatha) was known as Polinthuninrapiran. The deity of Adinatha was made in the 12th or 13th century. Some of a temple to Adinatha was also built only at the Same time by the Pandyas.

Thiruvaimozhi Pillai was teacher of Manavala Mahamunigal. He built the stone Mandapa in front of the Polinthuninra Adipiran. In this Mandapam some Pillars are there. On one of the Pillars the image Thiruvaimozhi Pillai was inscribed. He sat on the Mandapa which is situated on the north side of Perumal Sannathi and explained the meaning to Thiruvaimozhi. In this Mandapa some Sannathis are there. They are Poneintha Perumal Sannathi, Senaimudalvar Sannathi, Ramar ( with Sita and Lakshmana) Sannathi.

In a tall and larger temple, there is a separate building in the temple precincts dedicated to the come mother with in the Garbhagiraha (called Tayar Sannathi Nachiyar Sannathi) who is a Mula Vigraha of the God. In the Adinatha Temple, temples to his consorts are known as Kurugur Nachiyar sannathi and Adinathavalli Sannathi.

Pagal Pattu and Era Pattu Mandapams are also in this temple. These Mandapams were built during the time of the Nayaks but it was not known who built them.

There is a stone Nadasvaram in this temple. It has the length of one foot and 4 or 5 centimeters as diameter. This instrument was given to this temple, in the time of Krishnappa Nayak. The Nadasvaram is otherwise known as Mohaveena. For a long time this instrument was not used. The instrument was used when they practiced Bharatha Natyam.

The Adinatha Alvar temple is one among the biggest temples in . In the Adinatha temple there exists an incomplete Gopuram. On this Gopuram some images of the Kings are inscribed. The Gopuram is in a dilapidated condition.

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