Iluppaipattu Neelakandeswarar Temple

The rajagopura of the temple

Iluppaipattu Neelakandeswarar Temple (இலுப்பைபட்டு நீலகண்டேஸ்வரர் கோயில்) [1] is a Hindu temple located at Iluppaipattu in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. The place is also called as Pazhamanni Padikarai and Tirumannippadikkarai. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Thiruneelakandeswarar and Padikarai Nathar. His consort is Amirthavalli. [2]

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 Sundarar.

References

  1. ↑ ta:இலுப்பைபட்டு நீலகண்டேஸ்வரர் கோயில்
  2. ↑ Sri Neelakandeswarar Temple
  • "Sri Neelakandeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "Neelakandeswarar Temple, Tirumannippadikkarai". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.
  • "Neelakandeswarar Temple, Iluppaipattu".
  • "Iluppaipattu (Pazhamanni Padikarai)". TUV.


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