Tirumanancheri Udhvaganathar Temple
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Tirumanancheri Udhvaganathar Temple (திருமணஞ்சேரி உத்வாகநாதர் கோயில்)[1] is a Hindu temple at Thirumanancheri in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India.[2] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called Udhvaganathar. His consort is known as Kokhila. Sri Kalyanasundareswarar Swamy Temple is another name for this temple.[3]
Significance[edit]
It is a shrine of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams, Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar.[2] The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the banks of River Kaveri.[4]
Literary mention[edit]
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as in Gnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 16: 4. Tirunavukkarasar describes the feature of the deity in Tirunavukkarasar Tevaram, V: 87: 6.
Edirkolpadi Temple, Thirumanancheri[edit]
Edirkolpadi Temple is nearby in the same town. This is one of the Thevaram Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam of Kaveri Vadakarai in Chozha Nadu. It is also called Melai Thirumanajeri.
References[edit]
- ^ ta:திருமணஞ்சேரி உத்வாகநாதர் கோயில்
- ^ a b "Udhvaganathar- Tirumananjeri - Tamilnadu Temple - உத்வாகநாதர் சுவாமி". Udhvaganathar Temple : Udhvaganathar Temple Details (in Latin). Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ http://thirumanancheri.info/
- ^ Ka. Vi., Kannan (2019). River cauvery the most battl(r)ed. Notion Press. p. 40. ISBN 9781684666041.
External links[edit]
- "Sri Udhvaganathar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Arulvallalnathar Temple, Tirumananjeri". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.