Tiruvettakkudi Sundareshwarar Temple
Tiruvettakkudi Sundareshwarar Temple[1]( திருவேட்டக்குடி சுந்தரேசுவரர் கோயில் [2]])is a Hindu temple located at Tiruvettakudi in Pondicherry, India.[3] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Sundareshwarar. His consort is known as Shantha Nayaki.[4]
The main gopura of the temple
Significance
Vimanas of the presiding deity and the consort
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]
அருமறைநான் முகத்தானு மகலிடநீ ரேற்றானும்
இருவருமா யளப்பரிய வெரியுருவாய் நீண்டபிரான்
வருபுனலின் மணியுந்தி மறிதிரையார் சுடர்ப்பவளத்திருவுருவில் வெண்ணீற்றார் திருவேட்டக் குடியாரே.
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References
- "Sri Sundareshwarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
- ta:திருவேட்டக்குடி சுந்தரேசுவரர் கோயில்
- Tirumeniazhagar Temple, Tiruvettakkudi
- Sri Sundareshwarar temple
- Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 66:9
External links
- "Sri Sundareshwarar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Tirumeniazhagar Temple, Tiruvettakkudi". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.
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