Madanantheshwara Siddhivinayaka Temple - Madhur
Madanantheshwara Siddhivinayaka Temple or Madhur Temple with striking architecture and admiring turrets is situated in front of the river ‘Madhuvahini’ providing the temple a mystic charm. This temple engineering is of 3 layered gaja prishta sort taking after the back of an elephant. One can discover delightful wooden carvings portraying scenes from the Ramayana epic. The incomprehensible roomy towers give great feeling for the devotees to unwind. Namaskara Mandapam of this temple is enhanced with dazzling pictures of fanciful legends in wood. A more inside and out examination of the wood carvings will uncover the diverse scenes of the Ramayana, beginning with the Seetha Marriage. The legend says that ‘Madharu’, a regressive group lady, unintentionally struck her sickle on a stone while she was gathering grass for creatures and the stone began dying.
Terrified lady led this information to the ruler of the region, who persuaded the holiness of the place. He blessed the symbol of lord Shiva on the spot. Despite the fact that lord Siva is the chief divinity, the lord Vinayaka icon is more acclaimed. The establishment of lord Ganapathy is related to a legend identified with Siva Yanja directed by awesome holy people. Amid the Yanja, there was an overwhelming precipitation which made the Yanja unimaginable. Understanding the idiocy, the holy people illustrated lord Vinayaka on the mass of sreekovil and offered pooja. The present icon of lord Vinayaka is made of Kadu Sharkara and earth. It is expressed that the symbol began developing on three measurements, when it developed and going to touch the top of the sreekovil, aficionados petitioned God for confining further development.
The lord satisfied the devotees and quit becoming on a level plane yet began to develop vertically. It is expected that the symbol may grow up more vertically and the present structure must be remade. Jaya Simha, a leader of Kumbala assembled a triumph stone known as ‘Veerakkal’ to check his triumph over Pandya rulers. The legend of Kumbla says that Tipu Sultan needed to devastate the temple amid his attack on Coorg, Tulunadu and Malabar. Be that as it may, in the wake of drinking water from the well of the temple, he altered his opinion. However, to fulfill his fighters and Islamic researchers he made a cut with his sword symbolizing the assault. The stamp is still unmistakable on the building that is spotted around the temple well.