Tirumeeyachur Mehanadhar Temple
Tirumeeyachur Mehanadhar Temple[1] (திருமீயச்சூர் மேகநாதர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Thirumeeyachur in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[2] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Meganathaswami. His consort is known as Lalithambika.[3]
Mehanadhar Temple | |
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Lalithambika temple | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Hinduism |
District | Thiruvarur |
Deity | Mehanathar (Shiva) Lalithambika (Parvathi) |
Location | |
Location | Tirumeichur |
State | Tamil Nadu |
Country | India |
![]() ![]() Location in Tamil Nadu | |
Geographic coordinates | 10°57′46″N 79°38′50″E |
Architecture | |
Type | Dravidian architecture |
Significance
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Image of temple towers
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.[3] Tirumeeyachur Ilamkovil Sakalabhuvaneswarar Temple is also found in this temple premises.
Literary mention
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Image of Kshetra Puraneswarar
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[4]
நீல வடிவர் மிடறு நெடியர் நிகரில்லார்
கோல வடிவு தமதாங் கொள்கை யறிவொண்ணார்
காலர் கழலர் கரியி னுரியர் மழுவாளர்மேலர் மதியர் விதியர் மீயச் சூராரே.
References
- "Sri Mehanadhar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- Muyarchinatheswarar Temple, Tirumeeyachur
- Sri Mehanadhar temple
- Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 62:7
External links
- "Sri Mehanadhar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Muyarchinatheswarar Temple, Tirumeeyachur". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.
Gallery
- Rajagopuram
- Flagpost
- Front mandapa
- Vimana of the presiding deity
- Mehanadhar vimana and Sakalabhuvanesvarar vimana
- Vimana from north side
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