Tiruttelicheri Parvatheeswarar Temple

Tiruttelicheri Parvatheeswarar Temple[1]( திருத்தெளிச்சேரி பார்வதீசுவரர் கோயில் [2]])is a Hindu temple located at Tiruttelicheri in Pondicherry, India. Now the place is known as Koilpatthu.[3] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Parvatheeswarar. His consort is known as Parvathi Ammai.[4]

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.[4]

Literary mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[5]

மந்தி ரந்தரு மாமறை யோர்கள் தவத்தவர்

செந்தி லங்கு மொழியவர் சேர்தெளிச் சேரியீர்
வெந்த லாகிய சாக்கிய ரோடு சமணர்கள்

தந்தி றத்தன நீக்குவித் தீரோர் சதிரரே.

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