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

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References
  1. "Sri Parvatheeswarar Temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ta:திருத்தெளிச்சேரி பார்வதீசுவரர் கோயில்
  3. Parvatheeswarar Temple, Tiruthelicheri (now known as Koilpatthu)
  4. Sri Parvatheeswarar Temple
  5. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 3:10

Photogallery
  • Vimana of the presiding deity
  • Vimana of the consort
  • Temple tank
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