Tirupperuvelur Abhimuktheeswarar Temple

Tirupperuvelur Abhimuktheeswarar Temple[1] (Tamil: மணக்கால் ஐயன்பேட்டை அபிமுகேசுவரர் கோயில்)[2] is a Hindu temple located at Manakkal ayyempet in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Avimuktheswarar. His consort, Parvati, is known as Baagampriyal. The place is also known as Tirupperuvelur.[4]

Tirupperuvelur Abhimuktheeswarar Temple
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictTiruvarur
DeityLord (Shiva),
Location
LocationManakkal ayyempet in Tiruvarur district
StateTamil Nadu
Country India

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 Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar.[4]

Literary mention

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

விழையாதார் விழைவார்போல் விகிர்தங்கள் பலபேசிக்

குழையாதார் குழைவார்போற் குணம்நல்ல பலகூறி
அழையாவு மரற்றாவு மடிவீழ்வார் தமக்கென்றும்

பிழையாத பெருமானார் பெருவேளூர் பிரியாரே.

References
  1. "Sri Abhi Muktheeswarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. ta: மணக்கால் ஐயன்பேட்டை அபிமுகேசுவரர் கோயில்
  3. "Sri Abhi Muktheeswarar temple". temple.dinamalar.com. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. Priyanathar Temple, Tirupperuvelur
  5. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III:64:5
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  • Front mandapa
    Front mandapa
  • Prakara
    Prakara
  • Vimana of the presiding deity
    Vimana of the presiding deity
  • Vimana of the Goddess
    Vimana of the Goddess


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