Tirupperuvelur Abhimuktheeswarar Temple
Tirupperuvelur Abhimuktheeswarar Temple[1] (Tamil: மணக்கால் ஐயன்பேட்டை அபிமுகேசுவரர் கோயில்)[2] is a Hindu temple located at Manakkal Ayyampet in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Avimuktheswarar. His consort, Parvati, is known as Baagampriyal. The place is also known as Tirupperuvelur [4]
Significance
It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar.[4]
Literary mention
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[5]
| “ | விழையாதார் விழைவார்போல் விகிர்தங்கள் பலபேசிக் குழையாதார் குழைவார்போற் குணம்நல்ல பலகூறி |
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References
- ↑ "Sri Abhi Muktheeswarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ↑ ta: மணக்கால் ஐயன்பேட்டை அபிமுகேசுவரர் கோயில்
- ↑ "Sri Abhi Muktheeswarar temple". temple.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- 1 2 Priyanathar Temple, Tirupperuvelur
- ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III:64:5
External links
- "Sri Abhi Muktheeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Priyanathar Temple, Tirupperuvelur". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.