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Keezhaiyur Kadaimudinathar Temple

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The entrance of the temple

Keezhaiyur Kadaimudinathar Temple (கீழையூர் கடைமுடிநாதர் கோயில்)[1] is a Hindu temple located at Keezhaiyur in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Kadaimudinathar. His consort is Abirami.

Significance

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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. It is believed that Brahma is believed to have worshipped Shiva in the temple.[2] The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the banks of River Kaveri.[3]

References

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  1. ^ ta:கீழையூர் கடைமுடிநாதர் கோயில்
  2. ^ Ayyar, P. V. Jagadisa (1993). South Indian Shrines: Illustrated (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Asian Educational Service. p. 245. ISBN 81-206-0151-3.
  3. ^ Ka. Vi., Kannan (2019). River cauvery the most battl(r)ed. Notion Press. p. 40. ISBN 9781684666041.
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