Thiruvanaikaval temple (Tamil Nadu) image credit : pamjzeller
Thiruvanaikoil is a beautiful small urban village at
Tiruchirappalli district (‘Trichy’, ‘Thiruchirapalli’,
‘Tiruchinopoly’, ‘Tiruchi’) in Tamil Nadu of Southern India.
Thiruvanaikoil is also familiarly known as Tiruvanaikoil,
Tiruvanaikaval, Thiruvanaikaval, Thiruvanaika, Thiruanaikaa.
Thiruvanaikoil is around 3 Kms away from the heart of Trichy
city and adjacent to Srirangam another small historic town and
one of the holy places in India. Thiruvanaikoil and Srirangam
are in the banks of river Cauvery. Literally these two places
form an island, surrounded by river Cauvery and river Coleroon.
image credit : TamilBuddy This ancient temple dedicated to Shiva
(Jambukeswara) and Parvati (Akhilandeswari) is one of the
foremost Saivite shrines in Tamilnadu. This large temple
celebrates Shiva as Jambukeswara, an embodiment of the element
water and is often referred to as Appustalam and is hence one of
the Pancha Bhoota Stalams the other four being Tiruvan