Tiruvettakkudi Sundareshwarar Temple

The main gopura of the temple

Tiruvettakkudi Sundareshwarar Temple[1]( திருவேட்டக்குடி சுந்தரேசுவரர் கோயில் [2]])is a Hindu temple located at Tiruvettakudi in Pondicherry, India.[3] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Sundareshwarar. His consort is known as Shantha Nayaki.[4]

Significance

Vimanas of the presiding deity and the consort

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.[4]

Literary Mention

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

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Sundareshwarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  2. ↑ ta:திருவேட்டக்குடி சுந்தரேசுவரர் கோயில்
  3. ↑ Tirumeniazhagar Temple, Tiruvettakkudi
  4. 1 2 Sri Sundareshwarar temple
  5. ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 66:9
  • "Sri Sundareshwarar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "Tirumeniazhagar Temple, Tiruvettakkudi". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.


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