Tiruvirkudi Veerataneswarar Temple

The entrance of the temple

Tiruvirkudi Veerataneswarar Temple[1] (Tamil: திருவிற்குடி வீரட்டானேசுவரர் கோயில்)[2] is a Hindu temple located at Tiruvirkudi in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Veerataneswarar. His consort is known as Elavarkuzhali.[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 Tirugnanasambandar.[4]

Literary mention

Temple tank

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

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Veerataneswarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. ↑ ta:திருவிற்குடி வீரட்டானேசுவரர் கோயில்
  3. ↑ Veeratteswarar Temple, Tiruvirkudi.
  4. 1 2 "Veerataneswarar Temple". temple.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II:108:9
  • "Sri Veerataneswarar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "Veeratteswarar Temple, Tiruvirkudi". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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