Thiruengoimalai Maragadachaleswarar Temple

The temple atop the hill

Thiruengoimalai Maragadachaleswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Eengoimalai in Trichy district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Maragadachaleswarar and Eengoinathar. His consort is Maragadambikai.

As per alegend, Vayu Bhaghvan and Adiseshan had a dispute to find out who is superior, to prove the superiority adiseshan encircled the Kailasam, Vayu tried to remove this encircle by creating santamarutham (Twister). Because of the santamarutham, 8 kodumudigal (parts) fell from kailasam into 8 different places which are Thirugonamalai, Sri Lanka, Thirukalahasti, Thiruchiramalai, Thiruengoimalai or Thiruenkoimalai, Rajathagiri, Neerthagiri, Ratnagiri, and Suwethagiri or Thirupangeeli.[1]

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.

Literary Mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.gneelivaneshwarartemple.tnhrce.in/History.html
  2. ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 70: 7
  • "Sri Maragadachaleswarar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "Maragathachalar Temple, Tiruveengoimalai". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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