Karukudi Sargunalingeswarar Temple

10.924843°N 79.404113°E / 10.924843; 79.404113

The entrance of the temple

Karukudi Sargunalingeswarar Temple[1] (கருக்குடி சற்குணலிங்கேஸ்வரர் கோயில் [2])is a Hindu temple located at Karukudi in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The historical name of the place is Marudhanallur. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Sargunalingeswarar. His consort is known as Advaita Nayaki.[4]

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]

சூடுவர் சடையினைக் கங்கை நங்கையை

கூடுவர் உலகிடை ஐயங் கொண்டொலி
பாடுவர் இசைபறை கொட்ட நட்டிருள்

ஆடுவர் கருக்குடி அண்ணல் வண்ணமே.

References
  1. "Sri Sarguna Lingeswarar (Karukudinathar) temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ta:கருக்குடி சற்குணலிங்கேஸ்வரர் கோயில்
  3. Sargunalingeswarar Temple, Tirukkarukkudi (now known as Marudhanallur.
  4. Sri Sarguna Lingeswarar (Karukudinathar) temple
  5. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III:21:5


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