Seeyathamangai Ayavandeeswarar Temple

Seeyathamangai Ayavandeeswarar Temple[1] ( Tamil: சீயாத்தமங்கை அயவந்தீசுவரர் கோயில்)[2] is a Hindu temple located at Seeyathamangaiin Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Ayavantheeswarar. [4] His consort, Parvati, is known as Malarkkannammai.[3]

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 Tirugnanasambandar.[4]

Literary mention

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

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Ayavantheeswarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ↑ ta: சீயாத்தமங்கை அயவந்தீசுவரர் கோயில்
  3. 1 2 Ayavandeeswarar Temple, Tiruchaathamangai.
  4. 1 2 "Sri Ayavantheeswarar temple". temple.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III:58:10
  • "Sri Ayavantheeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "Ayavandeeswarar Temple, Tiruchaathamangai". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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