Tirupperumpuliyur Vyakrapureeswarar Temple

Tirupperumpuliyur Vyakrapureeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Perumpuliyur in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India.[1] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Vyakrapureeswarar. His consort is known as Soundaryanayaki.

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.

This is one of the Nava Puliyur Temples worshipped by Patanjali and Vyaghrapada.[2][3]. The following temples are called as Nava Puliyur Temples.

Literary Mention

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

சீருடை யாரடி யார்கள் சேடரொப் பார்சடை சேரும்

நீருடை யார்பொடிப் பூசு நினைப்புடை யார்விரி கொன்றைத்
தாருடை யார்விடை யூர்வார் தலைவரைந் நூற்றுப்பத் தாய

பேருடை யார்பெரு மானார் பெரும்புலி யூர்பிரி யாரே.

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References

  • "Sri Vyakrapureeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "Viyakra Pureesar Temple, Tirupperumpuliyur". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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