Sivasailam Temple

Religious significance

Appearance of Shivalingam

Sivasailanathar saved a priest

Architecture

Statue of Shivasailanathar

• The statue is said to have been made without any touch of chisel. The statue of Suyambuligam is said to have been formed naturally.
• At the back of the statue, there are lines that appear like hair, so he is also called Sadaiappar.

  Tower statues and ritual pavilions

• The Vimana is spectacularly gilded.
• The main gopuram has five floors and is adorned with many statues.
• In the south direction of the temple, there is an east facing statue of Vinayagar.
• In the north direction, a statue of the Tamil God Murugan is placed.
• In the south direction, 63 Nayanmars statue and Suriyan and Chandran statues are placed, and a statue of Dakshinamurthy facing south is placed.
• The temple has a number of mandapam for Nartha, Maa, Aartha and Mani.
• the distance between the statues of Sivasailanathar and his consort Paramakalyani Amman Sannithi is nearly 15 feet.
• The statue of Paramakalyani Amman with emerald green cheeks gives grace to devotees.
• In the south of Mani mandapam, a statue of Nadaraja Perumal is placed.

  Statue of Nandi

Stone inscriptions

• Stone Inscription no.519 of Sivasailam Temple was found in Poovankurichi lake in 1916. The inscription tells that Jamindars of Ambur, Alwarkurichi, Kadayam, Krishnapuram, Poovankurichi collected tax from people for god.
• In 1916 another inscription was found in Kizha Ambur. It is Stone Inscription no.518 and tells about King Ravivarman.

  Manimandapam

Sculpture among the pillars

• In the pillars of the mandapam, a lion crest or sculpture is seen.
• On the inner side of the pandal mandapam many coloured flowers are depicted.
• The temple has two wooden chariots, one is large and the other is small. The large chariot is for Sivasailanathar and the smaller is for his consort, Amman.