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== Significance == | == Significance == | ||
The presiding deity is Vellai Vinayakar. He is also known as Vallabai Vinayakar as he is found with Vallabai. This temple might have been built during the period of [[Thanjavur Nayak kingdom|Thanjavur Nayaks]]. During the period of [[Vijaya Raghava Nayak]], the last Nayak king, a book on this deity known as '''''Vellai Pillayar Kuravanji''''' was written.<ref> Kudavayil Balasubramanian, Thanjavur (in Tamil), Anjana Publishers, Thanjavur, 1997, </ref> | The presiding deity is Vellai Vinayakar. He is also known as Vallabai Vinayakar as he is found with Vallabai. This temple might have been built during the period of [[Thanjavur Nayak kingdom|Thanjavur Nayaks]]. During the period of [[Vijaya Raghava Nayak]], the last Nayak king, a book on this deity known as '''''Vellai Pillayar Kuravanji''''' was written.<ref> Kudavayil Balasubramanian, Thanjavur (in Tamil), Anjana Publishers, Thanjavur, 1997, </ref> | ||
==Palace Devasthanam== | |||
[[Thanjavur Palace Devastanam Temples|Thanjavur Palace Devasthanam]] comprises 88 temples, of which this temple is the one. They are maintained and administered by the [[Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department]] of the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]].<ref>[https://hrce.tn.gov.in/hrcehome/index_temple.php?tid=13967 Thanjavur Palace Devasthanam, Thanjavur 613 009]</ref><ref>தஞ்சாவூர் அரண்மனை தேவஸ்தானத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ஆலயங்கள், தஞ்சை இராஜராஜேச்சரம் திருக்குட நன்னீராட்டுப் பெருவிழா மலர், 1997</ref><ref>J.M.Somasundaram Pillai, The Great Temple at Tanjore, [Tanjore Palace Devastanams, II Edn 1958] Rpt 1994, Tamil University, Thanjavur</ref> | |||
== Kumbhabhishekham == | == Kumbhabhishekham == | ||