Tirupperuvelur Abhimuktheeswarar Temple

Tirupperuvelur Abhimuktheeswarar Temple[1] (Tamil: மணக்கால் ஐயன்பேட்டை அபிமுகேசுவரர் கோயில்)[2] is a Hindu temple located at Manakkal ayyempet in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Avimuktheswarar. His consort, Parvati, is known as Baagampriyal. The place is also known as Tirupperuvelur [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 Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar.[4]

Literary mention

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

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Abhi Muktheeswarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ↑ ta: மணக்கால் ஐயன்பேட்டை அபிமுகேசுவரர் கோயில்
  3. ↑ "Sri Abhi Muktheeswarar temple". temple.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 Priyanathar Temple, Tirupperuvelur
  5. ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III:64:5
  • "Sri Abhi Muktheeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "Priyanathar Temple, Tirupperuvelur". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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