Seeyathamangai Ayavandeeswarar Temple
Seeyathamangai Ayavandeeswarar Temple[1] ( Tamil: சீயாத்தமங்கை அயவந்தீசுவரர் கோயில்)[2] is a Hindu temple located at Seeyathamangai in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] Seeyathamangai is also written as Siyathamangai and Tiruchaathamangai. The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Ayavantheeswarar.[4] His consort, Parvati, is known as Malarkkannammai.[3]
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] It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Appar. [5][6]
Literary mention
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[7]
கங்கையோர் வார்சடைமே லடை யப்புடை யேகமழும்
மங்கையோ டொன்றிநின்றம் மதிதான் சொல் லாவதொன்றே
சங்கையில் லாமறையோ ரவர் தாந்தொழு சாத்தமங்கை
அங்கையிற் சென்னைவைத்தா யயவந்தி யமர்ந்தவனே.
References
- ^ "Sri Ayavantheeswarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ ta: சீயாத்தமங்கை அயவந்தீசுவரர் கோயில்
- ^ a b Ayavandeeswarar Temple, Tiruchaathamangai.
- ^ a b "Sri Ayavantheeswarar temple". Dinamalar. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், Muvar Thevara Vaippu Thalangal, திருச்சாத்தமங்கை (கோயில்சீயாத்தமங்கை, சீயாத்தமங்கை)
- ^ தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், அசோகந்தி, அயோகந்தி, 6-7-10, 6-70-9
- ^ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III:58:10
External links
- "Sri Ayavantheeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Ayavandeeswarar Temple, Tiruchaathamangai". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.
Gallery
- Entrance and Nandi mandapa
- Vimana of the presiding deity
- Tank in front of the temple
- Sculpture in the kosta
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