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Tirukattupalli Aranyeswarar Temple

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Tirukattupalli Aranyeswarar Temple (திருக்காட்டுப்பள்ளி ஆரண்யேஸ்வரர் கோயில்)[1] is a Hindu temple located at Keezhai Tirukattupalli in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. [2] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Aranyeswarar. His consort is known as Akhilandeswari.

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:[3]

பிறையுடை யான்பெரி யோர்கள்பெம்மான் பெய்கழ னாடொறும் பேணியேத்த

மறையுடை யான்மழு வாளுடையான் வார்தரு மால்கடல் நஞ்சமுண்ட
கறையுடை யான்கன லாடுகண்ணாற் காமனைக் காய்ந்தவன் காட்டுப்பள்ளிக்

குறையுடை யான்குறட் பூதச்செல்வன் குரைகழ லேகைகள் கூப்பினோமே.

References

  • "Sri Aranyeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "AranyaSundareswarar Temple, KeezhaiTirukattupalli". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.