Vilamal Pathanchali Manoharar Temple

Vilamal Pathanchali Manoharar Temple[1] ( Tamil: விளமல் பதஞ்சலி மனோகரர் கோயில்)[2] is a Hindu temple located at Vilamal in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Pathanchali Manoharar. His consort, Parvati, is known as Yazhinum Menmozhiyaal. [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

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

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Pathanchali Manoharar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. ↑ ta: விளமல் பதஞ்சலி மனோகரர் கோயில்
  3. ↑ "Sri Pathanchali Manoharar temple". temple.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 Pathanjali Manoharar Temple, Tiruvilamar
  5. ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III:88:9
  • "Sri Pathanchali Manoharar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "Pathanjali Manoharar Temple, Tiruvilamar". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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