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Colourful roadside temple near Denkanikottai

Sunday, November 02, 2014
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On our way to Hogenakkal from Bengaluru, (via Denkanikottai, more details in this post) we stopped at this roadside temple... A very colourful one with lots of idols.

Sharing the pictures with you. Couldn't find any specific theme and doesn't look like these represent any known popular gods. Must be creations of local artists.

 Above two were clicked with Nikon and rest with GoPro. Notice the loss of colour in below shots.

There were different status/idols including a policeman with dog.
 The snake charmer


 The campus in a nutshell

Didn't note the exact location of this place. Comes on the right hand side sometimes after Denkanikottai.

Hats off to local people who have created this and maintaining. There was another similar campus several kms later, but that wasn't in best of the colours and needed a paint job.

We spent a few mins here and proceeded with our journey.



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9 comments:

  1. Aravind GJSunday, November 02, 2014 9:22:00 PM

    Nice!!

    Do you know the significance of policemen in such Temples? I have seen Policemen statues in many roadside Temples in Tamil Nadu.

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  2. The wildMonday, November 03, 2014 12:26:00 AM

    The significance of these in villages is what is known as grama devatas,they are believed to keep out evil and take care of the villages ,its a belief .

    the second part is my guess regarding the police being potrayed as gods ,is since police also protect people ,they are also shown as protectors and probably held in the same esteem.

    I have seen this place btw.

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  3. Shrinidhi HandeMonday, November 03, 2014 6:55:00 AM

    @Aravind: No I am not sure. I think The Wild's explanation makes sense

    @TW: Thanks for the explanation

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  4. IndraniMonday, November 03, 2014 9:00:00 AM

    Very interesting. I will keep a watch for these during my next drive.

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  5. Ranjana's craft blogMonday, November 03, 2014 9:54:00 AM

    Yes, even I have observed this when I was traveling to TamilNadu, nice capture.

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  6. Shrinidhi HandeMonday, November 03, 2014 7:36:00 PM

    Thanks Indrani and Ranjana

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  7. D.NambiarTuesday, November 04, 2014 11:11:00 AM

    Policeman?
    Now, that's an interesting temple. I hope you get some answers and we get to hear of them too.

    The reds and yellows make these figures so attractive.

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  8. UnknownTuesday, November 04, 2014 2:27:00 PM

    There is so much in India to see and I find that each and every temple has its own charm.

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  9. Shrinidhi HandeWednesday, November 05, 2014 7:25:00 AM

    Thanks DN and AT

    DN: As the Wild explained, policeman finds a place as villagers treat him as important as god...

    AT: Agree

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