Tirupperumpuliyur Vyakrapureeswarar Temple

Tirupperumpuliyur Vyakrapureeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Perumpuliyur in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. [1] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Vyakrapureeswarar. His consort is known as Soundaryanayaki.

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. Sri Vyakrapureeswarar temple, Dinamalar
  2. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 67:9
  • "Sri Vyakrapureeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "Viyakra Pureesar Temple, Tirupperumpuliyur". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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