Malligarjuneswarar Temple, Pandasozhanallur, Puducherry

Malligarjuneswarar Temple, Pandasozhanallur, Puducherry

Malligarjuneswarar Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located at Pandasozhanallur Village in Nettapakkam Commune in Union Territory of Puducherry, India. Pandasozhanallur is also known as PS Nallur. Presiding Deity is called as Malligarjuneswarar and Mother is called as Maragathavalli. There are shrines for Lord Murugan and Vinayagar in the Temple premises. Nandhi is housed in Nandhi Mandapam is found facing the sanctum. The Temple also houses Jeeva Samadhi of Vishwanatha Siddhar.

According to inscriptions in the Malligarjuneswarar temple here, the village must have been as Thirumudavanpalli during the days of Kulothunga - I (11^th Century), named after Thirumudavan, probably a chieftain in whose honour the Palli was built. The name of this Palli may have been ascribed to the village in due course. Since 12th Century the village is said to have been called Pandithasolanllur, after Rajaraja II who was otherwise known as Rajapandithan, as he was expert in both in Tamil and Sanskrit.

The name Pandithasolanllur in due course changed into Pandasozhanur. Now it is called as Pandasozhanallur. Pandasozhanallur is located at 2 Kms from Nettapakkam on Frontier State Highway (RC-21). The Temple is located at about 2.5 Kms from Nettapakkam Bus Stand, 8 Kms from Madagadipet Bus Stop, 10 Kms from Thirubhuvanai, 21 Kms from Villianur, 14 Kms from Chinna Babu Samudram Railway Station, 28 Kms from Puducherry Main Bus Stand, 29 Kms from Puducherry Railway Station, 30 Kms from Puducherry Airport, 23 Kms from Villupuram Railway Station, 25 Kms from Villupuram, 166 Kms from Chennai Airport and 180 Kms from Chennai.

The Temple is located on the Puducherry – Villupuram Road. Bus facilities are available from both Puducherry and Villupuram. Buses are available for every 10 minutes from Puducherry Main Bus Stand and Villupuram Bus Stand. Get down at Madagadipet Bus Stop and take another bus to Nettapakkam. Pandasozhanallur can be reached directly by any bus running between Pondicherry and Karaiyamputhur running via Nettapakkam. Alternatively One can reach Nettapakkam by Pondicherry to Madukarai Bus and reach Pandasozhanallur by other means. Nearest Railway Station is located at Chinna Babu Samudram, Villianur, Villupuram and Puducherry. Nearest Airport is located at Puducherry and Chennai.

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