Palaivana Nathar Temple,Padal Petra Temple

Palaivana Nather Sivan Temple is more than 1500 years old. On those days this area was full of Palai Tree forest on the bank's of Kudamurutty River hence this place was called Thiru Palai Thurai. The consort is ஶ்ரீ தவள வெண்நகையாள். A big round granary of over 20 feet height was built inside the temple for storing grains. One of 276 பாடல் பெற்ற சிவத்தலம் by Swamy Thirunavukkarasar.

A nice siva temple which also houses a big granary under ASI control. Granary can hold up to 3000 kalam (approx 1.87 lakhs kilos) of grains. The temple is very old one, parking facility is available.

Located 15kms West of Kumbakonam and one km East of Papanasam on the Southern Banks of Kudamurutti (a tributary of Cauvery) is the ancient Palaivana Nathar temple in Thiru Palaithurai whose legend extends across the four Yugams.

Thirunavukkarasar (Appar) has praised the Lord in 11 verses with each of the verse ending with ‘Palaith Thuraiyarey’.

Thiru Pali Thurai is one of the 21 Sacred ‘Thurai’ Sthalams on the banks of Cauvery. This is one of the 17sacred Devaram praised temples named after a tree.

There is a huge (Asia's biggest) 36 feet high 400 year old Granary on the Northern side of the Raja Gopuram at the Eastern entrance. This was built by Raghunatha Nayak of Thanjavur in the early 17th century AD. This is circular at the bottom and conical at the top with three different entrances – one on the Western side at the bottom and one each in the middle and the top on the Southern side. The granary has the capacity to hold 3000kalams of grains.

Well maintained temple, Kurukkal didn't reach till 9 AM 18 Oct 2022, had Darsan through grill gate.

Very ancient Siva temple near papanasam ! Ambal is very unique . She is very special at this place as she is blessing the devotees facing east with Amridha kalasam ( akshyapathra) . Very few Siva temple you can see both Siva and Parvathy having separate sannathi with thani Gopuram facing East !
You can also see the paddy brick granary built 400 years back by devaraya kings can hold 3000 Kalam ( approx 126X 3000 kg )Very unique and even now very strong and usable . Archeological India has marked this granary. A must visit temple when you travel between Kumbakonam and thanjavur via papanasam .

This Rice Granray is an mass storage of paddy during the Nayaks period. Also it is outstanding performance of their buildings standing till today.
It is located in the Highway of Thanjavur-Vikaravandi State Highway.
Kids should visit this place so that they can see this and understand about our ancestors. Im sorry the details are bit long.
Granary of Palaivananathar Swamy temple, at Papanasam was constructed during the Nayak period by the Thanjavur Nayak King Ragunatha (CE 1600-1634). This 36 feet height granary is circular in shape at the bottom and conical at the top.
Protected Monument - Tirupalathurai Rice Granary has been declared as historically important ancient monument by Archaeology Department. The Granary is located just inside of Palaivananathar Temple Raja Gopuram.

Palaivananathar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Papanasam, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a Paadal Petra Sthalam and is considered to be the 19th in the series of Thevara Stalams in the Chola kingdom located south of the river Kaveri.
Tirupalathurai Sivan Kovil
to reach this place
by road from kumbakonam 15kms
Thanjavur-25kms
Papnasam-2kms
by Train
Papanasam - 2kms
the details of the Granaray are copied from the Wikipedia to bring the perfect english

It's very old, historic temple but unfortunately people don't know much about it, nor it's Maintenance is looked after proper. Worth visiting the temple

Beautiful temple, maintained well. No rush, had a nice darshan.