Dharmapuram Adheenam

Dharmapuram Aadheenam is a Saivite monastic institution based in the town of Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu. As of 2019, there were a total of 27 Shiva temples under the control of the adheenam.[1]

History & activities

The adheenam was founded during the 16th century, along with the Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam and the Thiruppanandal Adheenam, to spread the ideology of Saiva Sidhantam.[2]:82

The adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically the Thevaram and Tiruvasakam and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.[3]:182 Vaitheeswaran Koil, near Sirkazhi, is one of the temples the adheenam maintains.[4]

The 26th Guru Maha Sannidhanam died on 4 December 2019, and was succeeded by Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal as the 27th Guru Maha Sannidhanam of the adheenam.[1][5]

Notes
  1. "Head of ancient Dharmapuram Adheenam mutt in TN dies, aged 95". Business Standard. PTI. 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020.
  2. Peterson, Indira V. (1982). "Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 102 (1): 69–90. JSTOR 601112.
  3. Mahroof, M. M. M. (1993). "Arabic-Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka: Language as Mimicry". Islamic Studies. 32 (2): 169–189. JSTOR 20840120.
  4. Krishnamurthy, R. (18 May 2001). "Succour for the sick". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 November 2002.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  5. "Successor to Dharmapuram Adheenam named". Outlook. PTI. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020.

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