Sithalapathy Muktheeswarar Temple

Sithalapathy Muktheeswarar Temple[1] (சிதலப்பதி முத்தீசுவரர் கோயில்])is a Hindu temple located at Sethalapathy in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Muktheeswarar.[2] His consort is known as Porkodi Nayagi.[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 Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar.[3]

Literary Mention
Vimana of the presiding deity

Tirugnanasambandar the feature of the deity as:[4]

புரவியேழும் மணிபூண் டியங்குங்கொடித் தேரினான்

பரவிநின்று வழிபாடு செய்யும்பர மேட்டியூர்
விரவிஞாழல் விரிகோங்கு வேங்கைசுர புன்னைகள்

மரவமவ்வல் மலருந் திலதைம் மதிமுத்தமே.

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References
  1. "Sri Muktheeswarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. Sri Muktheeswarar temple
  3. Madhimuktheeswarar Temple, Tiruthiladaipathi
  4. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 118:5

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