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From the Coakers walk we went to the Kurinji Andavar temple, situated 3kms from the lake. This temple is the home of Lord Muruga, riding on a peacock. The shrine was built in 1936, by an European lady, who had adopted Hinduism and renamed herself as Lilavati Ramanathan.
In the temple compound, we saw a Kurinji plant, which was all dried up. There was a board nearby, on which it was announced that the flower had last bloomed in 2006 and the next blooming will be in year 2018, after 12 years. I wondered whether the dried up plant will really bloom again. There were not many tourists at this temple but much more shopkeepers around. The temple affords a fine view of Palani, the famous pilgrim center and Vaigai Dam. Read the rest of this entry »
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