Irumbai

Irumbai
Irumbai
village
	Coordinates: 12°0′24.52″N 79°47′14.26″E / 12.0068111°N 79.7872944°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Irumbai is a village situated next to Auroville in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, some 10 km from Pondicherry.

Temple[edit]

An ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva is there hosting Magakaleswarar, Maga Kalanathar and goddesses Mathura Sundara Nayagi and Kuil Mozhiyammai. This temple has ancient records written by Thirugnanasambantha Swamigal and are hosted Pujas . ^[1] The Mahakaleshwar cult was only conducted in three locations in India. Irumbai Mahakaleshwar Temple served as a connecting point to the other two of the three.^[2]

This Shivasthalam temple is 9 km from Pondicherry on Pondicherry—Tindivanam bus route. Another Paadal Petra Sthalam Tiruarisili is 5 km northwest of this Sthalam.

References[edit]

^ Santhi, N.; Thanigaivelan, S.; Velmurugan, R.; Govindaraj, K. (2021). "A New Note on Daily Pujas and Annual Festivals of Mahakaleshwar Temple at Irumbai" (PDF). International Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 6: 1606–1613. doi:10.56452/218. S2CID 255625817.
^ Santhi, N.; Thanigaivelan, S.; Velmurugan, R.; Govindaraj, K. (2003). "A Re-Reading On The Veera Saivism: Meaning, Origin, Scriptures And Sects With Special Reference To Mahakaleshwar Temple Irumbai". Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results. 13 (6): 4172–4179. doi:10.47750/pnr.2022.13.S06.552 (inactive 31 January 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)

[1] Santhi, N.; Thanigaivelan, S.; Velmurugan, R.; Govindaraj, K. (2021). "A New Note on Daily Pujas and Annual Festivals of Mahakaleshwar Temple at Irumbai" (PDF). International Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 6: 1606–1613. doi:10.56452/218. S2CID 255625817.

[2] Santhi, N.; Thanigaivelan, S.; Velmurugan, R.; Govindaraj, K. (2003). "A Re-Reading On The Veera Saivism: Meaning, Origin, Scriptures And Sects With Special Reference To Mahakaleshwar Temple Irumbai". Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results. 13 (6): 4172–4179. doi:10.47750/pnr.2022.13.S06.552 (inactive 31 January 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)

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