Semponarkoil Swarnapureeswarar Temple

Semponarkoil Swarnapureeswarar Temple[1](செம்பொனார்கோவில் சுவர்ணபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்)is a Hindu temple located at Semponnarkoil in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India. This place is also called as Tiruchemponpalli.[2] The historical name of the place is Lakshmipuri and Indirapuri.The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Swarnapureeswarar. His consort is known as Suguntha Kundalambikai.[3]

The entrance of the temple

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 Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar.[3]

Literary mention

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

வானார் திங்கள் வளர்புன் சடைவைத்துத்

தேனார் செம்பொன் பள்ளி மேவிய
ஊனார் தலையிற் பலிகொண் டுழல்வாழ்க்கை

ஆனான் கழலே யடைந்து வாழ்மினே.

  • Temple
  • Vimana of the presiding deity
  • Vimana of the Goddess
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References
  1. "Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple". dinamalar temples. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  2. Swarnapureesar Temple, Tiruchemponpalli (Sembonaar Kovil)
  3. Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple
  4. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 25:8


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