Sayavanam Chayavaneswarar Temple

Also see Sayavaneswarar Temple

Sayavanam Chayavaneswarar Temple (சாயாவனம் சாயாவனேஸ்வரர் கோயில்)[1] is a Hindu temple located at Sayavanam in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. The historical name of the place is Tiru Chaikadu. [2] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Chaya Vaneswarar . His consort is known as Kuyilinum Inia Mozhiyal.

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.

This temple is one of the six temples along the banks of the Kaveri which are considered equivalent to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. These temples are :

° Aiyarappar Koil, Thiruvaiyaru

° Mahalingeswarar Koil, Thiruvidaimarudur

° Mayuranathaswamy Koil, Mayiladuthurai

° Chayavaneswarar Koil, Sayavanam

° Swetharanyeswarar Koil, Thiruvenkadu

° Srivanchinadhaswamy Koil, Srivanchiyam

Literary Mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[3]

Tirunavukkarasar describes the feature of the deity as:[4]

References

  1. ↑ ta:சாயாவனம் சாயாவனேஸ்வரர் கோயில்
  2. ↑ Sri Chaya Vaneswarar temple, Dinamalar
  3. ↑ Gnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 38: 7
  4. ↑ Tirunavukkarasar Tevaram, IV: 65: 10
  • "Sri Chaya Vaneswarar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "Chaayaavaneswarar Temple, Tiruchaaikkadu (Chaayavanam)". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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