Tirupalli Mukkudal Tirunethranathar Temple

Tirupalli Mukkudal Tirunethranathar Temple[1] (Tamil: திருப்பள்ளி முக்கூடல் திருநேத்திரநாதர் கோயில்) [2] is a Hindu temple located at Tirupalli Mukkudal in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The historical name of the place is Kekkarai. The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Tirunethranathar. His consort, Parvati, is known as Mayilmevum Kanni.[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 Nayanar Tirunavukkarasar.[4]

Literary mention

Tirunavukkarasar describes the feature of the deity as:[5]

References

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