{"id":329397,"date":"2025-03-11T18:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T12:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=329397"},"modified":"2025-03-12T17:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T11:31:37","slug":"jalantheeswarar-temple-thiruvooral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/jalantheeswarar-temple-thiruvooral\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalantheeswarar Temple (Thiruvooral)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>News:<\/strong> The Jalanatheswarar Temple at Thakkolam is in a deteriorating condition and needs restoration.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About Jalantheeswarar Temple (Thiruvooral)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lightuptemples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/temple\/profile_image\/temp-0045.jpg?resize=389%2C259&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"389\" height=\"259\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Jalantheeswarar Temple, also known as <strong>Thiruvooral<\/strong>, is a revered Hindu temple dedicated to <strong>Lord Shiva<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is located in <strong>Thakkolam<\/strong>, a village in <strong>Vellore district, Tamil Nadu<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In this temple, Shiva is worshipped in the form of a <strong>Lingam<\/strong> under the name <strong>Jalantheeswarar<\/strong>, while his consort <strong>Parvati<\/strong> is known as <strong>Giriraja Kannikambal<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This temple is classified as a <strong>Paadal Petra Sthalam<\/strong>, as it is mentioned in the <strong>Tevaram,<\/strong> the 7th-century Tamil Saiva canonical work composed by the <strong>Nayanar saints.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The temple is believed to have been originally built by the <strong>Pallavas<\/strong> and later expanded during the <strong>Chola period<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The temple has four inscriptions from the <strong>10th and 11th centuries<\/strong>, which provide details about <strong>women engaged in temple activities<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Architectural Features<\/strong>: The temple complex spans approximately 1.5 acres, featuring a <strong>three-tiered gopuram (gateway tower)<\/strong> and <strong>concentric granite walls<\/strong>. The main sanctum houses the deity Jalantheeswarar in the form of a lingam made of sand.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Jalanatheswarar Temple at Thakkolam is in a deteriorating condition and needs restoration. About Jalantheeswarar Temple (Thiruvooral) Jalantheeswarar Temple, also known as Thiruvooral, is a revered Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is located in Thakkolam, a village in Vellore district, Tamil Nadu. In this temple, Shiva is worshipped in the form of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/jalantheeswarar-temple-thiruvooral\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jalantheeswarar Temple (Thiruvooral)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":329636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-329397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/temp-0045.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}