Thirukondeeswaram Pasupatheeswarar Temple

Entrance

Thirukondeeswaram Pasupatheeswarar Temple[1] (Tamil: திருக்கொண்டீஸ்வரம் பசுபதீஸ்வரர் கோயில்)[2] is a Hindu temple located at Thirukondeeswaram in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Pasupatheeswarar. His consort, Parvati, is known as Shanthanayaki.[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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Pasupatheeswarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ↑ ta:திருக்கொண்டீஸ்வரம் பசுபதீஸ்வரர் கோயில்
  3. ↑ Pasupatheeswarar Temple, Tirukondeeswaram.
  4. 1 2 "Pasupatheeswarar Temple". temple.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Tirunavukkarasar Tevaram, IV:67:5
  • "Sri Pasupatheeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "Pasupatheeswarar Temple, Tirukondeeswaram". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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