Tirumayanam Brahmapureeswarar Temple
Tirumayanam Brahmapureeswarar Temple[1]( திருமயானம் பிரம்மபுரீஸ்வரர் கோயில்[2]])is a Hindu temple located at Tirumayanam in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Brahmmapureeswarar. His consort is known as Malarkuzhal Minnammai. [4]
Another famous Padal petra Shiva sthalam, Amritaghateswarar Abirami Temple,Thirukkadaiyur is located about a kilometer far, westerly.
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 Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar, Tirunavukkarasar and Sundarar.[4]
Mayaka Kshetras are the places where Lord Brahma was reduced to ashes by Lord Shiva. Five such places are - Kasi (Varanasi) Mayanam, Kacchi (Kanchipuram) Mayanam; Kazhi (Sirkazhi) Mayanam, Nallur (Thirunallur) Mayanam and Kadavur (Thirukadaiyur) Mayanam.[5]
Literary Mention
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[6]
தூயவிடைமேல் வருவார துன்னாருடைய மதில்கள்
காயவேவச் செற்றார் கடவூர்மயான மமர்ந்தார்
தீயகருமஞ் சொல்லுஞ் சிறு புன்றேர ரமணர்
பேய்பேயென்ன வருவார் அவரெம்பெருமா னடிகளே.
References
- ^ "Brahmmapureeswarar Temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ ta:திருமயானம் பிரம்மபுரீஸ்வரர் கோயில்
- ^ Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Tirukkadavur Mayanam
- ^ a b Sri Brahmmapureeswarar Temple
- ^ http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=777
- ^ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 80:10
External links
- "Brahmmapureeswarar Temple". Dinamalar.
- "Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Tirukkadavur Mayanam". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.