Mahendrapalli Tirumeni Azhagar Temple

Mahendrapalli Tirumeni Azhagar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Mahendirapalli in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Tirumeni Azhagar. His consort is known as Vadivambigai.

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.

Literary Mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:

கோங்கிள வேங்கையும் கொழுமலர்ப் புன்னையும்

தாங்குதேன் கொன்றையும் தகுமலர்க் குரவமும்
மாங்கரும் பும்வயன் மயேந்திரப் பள்ளியுள்

ஆங்கிருந் தவன்கழ லடியிணை பணிமினே.

External links

• "Sri Tirumeni Azhagar temple". Dinamalar.

• "Tirumeniazhagar Temple, Tirumayendirapalli". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.