Tirukattupalli Aranyeswarar Temple
Tirukattupalli Aranyeswarar Temple (திருக்காட்டுப்பள்ளி ஆரண்யேஸ்வரர் கோயில்)[1] is a Hindu temple located at Keezhai Tirukattupalli in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. [2] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Aranyeswarar. His consort is known as Akhilandeswari.
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:[3]
| “ | பிறையுடை யான்பெரி யோர்கள்பெம்மான் பெய்கழ னாடொறும் பேணியேத்த மறையுடை யான்மழு வாளுடையான் வார்தரு மால்கடல் நஞ்சமுண்ட |
” |
References
- ↑ ta:திருக்காட்டுப்பள்ளி ஆரண்யேஸ்வரர் கோயில்
- ↑ Sri Aranyeswarar temple
- ↑ Gnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 5: 8
External links
- "Sri Aranyeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
- "AranyaSundareswarar Temple, KeezhaiTirukattupalli". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.
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