Tirumeeyachur_Mehanadhar_Temple

Tirumeeyachur Mehanadhar Temple

Tirumeeyachur Mehanadhar Temple

Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India

Tirumeeyachur Mehanadhar Temple[1] (திருமீயச்சூர் மேகநாதர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Thirumeeyachur in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[2] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Meganathaswami. His consort is known as Lalithambika.[3]

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Significance

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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.[3] Tirumeeyachur Ilamkovil Sakalabhuvaneswarar Temple is also found in this temple's premises.

Literary mention

Image of Kshetra Puraneswarar

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[4]

நீல வடிவர் மிடறு நெடியர் நிகரில்லார்

கோல வடிவு தமதாங் கொள்கை யறிவொண்ணார்
காலர் கழலர் கரியி னுரியர் மழுவாளர்

மேலர் மதியர் விதியர் மீயச் சூராரே.

References

  1. [1]
    "Sri Mehanadhar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. [2]
    Muyarchinatheswarar Temple, Tirumeeyachur
  3. [3]
    "mehanadhar Temple : mehanadhar Temple Details | mehanadhar- Thirumeeyachur | Tamilnadu Temple | மேகநாதர்". Dinamalar. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  4. [4]
    Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 62:7
  • Rajagopuram
  • Flagpost
  • Front mandapa
  • Vimana of the presiding deity
  • Mehanadhar vimana and Sakalabhuvanesvarar vimana
  • Vimana from north side
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