Azathurai just some 5 kms beyond Thandurai also has an ancient Shiva temple built some 400 years ago by some local community. The temple is almost in the verge of complete collapse, saving prides are the sculptures lying around intact. REACH Founder, Dr T Satyamurthy, inspected the site and instructed the villagers the procedures they should follow to pursue with the HR&CE

The Swarna Kalikambal sametha Ratnagarbeswarar Shiva temple alias Kunteeswarar Temple at Thandurai (now called as Thandarai) 10 kms off the Uttaramerur – Vandavasi road, was saved by rampant demolition, thanks to the alert Taxi driver Shri S Natarajan our REACH member. The Perumal temple adjacent to this Shiva Temple was pulled down due to ignorance of the facts that

A clipping from Veppathur Temple restoration work under progress. To know more about....