Sithalapathy Muktheeswarar Temple
Sithalapathy Muktheeswarar Temple[1] (சிதலப்பதி முத்தீசுவரர் கோயில்])is a Hindu temple located at Sethalapathy in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Muktheeswarar.[2] His consort is known as Porkodi Nayagi.[3]
The entrance of the temple
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.[3]
Literary Mention
Vimana of the presiding deity
Tirugnanasambandar the feature of the deity as:[4]
புரவியேழும் மணிபூண் டியங்குங்கொடித் தேரினான்
பரவிநின்று வழிபாடு செய்யும்பர மேட்டியூர்
விரவிஞாழல் விரிகோங்கு வேங்கைசுர புன்னைகள்மரவமவ்வல் மலருந் திலதைம் மதிமுத்தமே.
References
- "Sri Muktheeswarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- Sri Muktheeswarar temple
- Madhimuktheeswarar Temple, Tiruthiladaipathi
- Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 118:5
External links
- "Sri Muktheeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Madhimuktheeswarar Temple, Tiruthiladaipathi". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.
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