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Pallavaneswarar Temple (பல்லவனேஸ்வரர் கோயில்) :ta:பூம்புகார் பல்லவனேசுவரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple located in the town of Poombuhar, Mayiladuthurai district, an archaeological site in Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is dedicated to Shiva. It is situated on the birthplace of Saivite saint Pattinathar.
The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Pallavaneswarar. His consort is known as Soundaryanayaki.
File:Pallavaneswarartemplevimana of the maindeity.jpg, Vimana of the presiding deity
File:Pallavaneswarartemplevimana of the goddess.jpg, Vimana of the goddess
Shiva temples in Mayiladuthurai district
Padal Petra Stalam
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Pallavaneswarar Temple (பல்லவனேஸ்வரர் கோயில்) :ta:பூம்புகார் பல்லவனேசுவரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple located in the town of Poombuhar, Mayiladuthurai district, an archaeological site in Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is dedicated to Shiva. It is situated on the birthplace of Saivite saint Pattinathar.
The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Pallavaneswarar. His consort is known as Soundaryanayaki.
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. A Pallava king is believed to have attained salvation in this place.Structure
In front of the rajagopura, temple tank is found. At the left of the sanctum sanctorum shrines of goddess andPalliyarai
Palliyarai is a Tamil word used for the Sanctum Sanctoram in Hindu temples, the equivalent of garbhagriha in Sanscritic or Indo-Aryan languages. It generally means the place for divine resting and is considered very holy by the Hindus. In many tra ...
are found. Nandi
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and balipeeta are also found here. In the prakara shrines of Pattinattar, Vinayaka, Subramania and Chandikesvara are found. In the kosta of the presiding deity Dakshinamurti, Lingodbhava, Brahma and Durga are found.
Literary mention
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:Gnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 112: 6Kumbhabhishekham
Inscriptions pertaining to the conduct of Kumbhabhishekham of this temple are found. They were held on 20 August 1958, 5 April 1995 and 17 March 2008.References
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