Seeyathamangai Ayavandeeswarar Temple ( ta, சீயாத்தமங்கை அயவந்தீசுவரர் கோயில்) :ta: சீயாத்தமங்கை அயவந்தீசுவரர் கோயில் is a

Hindu temple A Hindu temple, or ''mandir'' or ''koil'' in Indian languages, is a house, seat and body of divinity for Hindus. It is a structure designed to bring human beings and gods together through worship, sacrifice, and devotion.; Quote: "The Hind ...

located at Seeyathamangai in

Nagapattinam district Nagapattinam district is one of the 38 districts (a coastal district) of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Nagapattinam district was carved out by bifurcating the erstwhile composite Thanjavur district on 19 October 1991. The town of Nagapatt ...

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.Ayavandeeswarar Temple, Tiruchaathamangai
Seeyathamangai is also written as Siyathamangai and Tiruchaathamangai. The temple is dedicated to

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

, as the

moolavar ''Mulavar'' () or ''Mula-murti'' is a Sanskrit-Tamil term referring to the main deity, or a murti (cult image) in a Hindu temple. Location The central deity, ''mulavar'', is located near the centre of temples, than the images that surround them, ...

presiding deity, in his manifestation as Ayavantheeswarar. His consort,

Parvati Parvati ( sa, पार्वती, ), Uma ( sa, उमा, ) or Gauri ( sa, गौरी, ) is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood. She is a physical representation of Mahadevi i ...

, is known as Malarkkannammai.

Significance

It is one of the shrines of the 275

Paadal Petra Sthalam The Paadal Petra Sthalam, also known as Thevara Sthalam, are 276 temples that are revered in the verses of Saiva Nayanars in the 6th-9th century CE and are amongst the greatest Shiva temples of the continent. The Divya Desams by comparison ar ...

s - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval ''

Tevaram The ''Thevaram'' ( ta, தேவாரம், ), also spelled ''Tevaram'', denotes the first seven volumes of the twelve-volume collection ''Tirumurai'', a Śaiva narrative of epic and puranic heroes, as well as a hagiographic account of early ...

'' poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar

Tirugnanasambandar Sambandar (Tamil: சம்பந்தர்), also referred to as Tirugnana Sambandar (lit. ''Holy Sage Sambandar''), Tirujnanasambanda, Campantar or Jñāṉacampantar, was a Shaiva poet-saint of Tamil Nadu who lived sometime in the 7th cen ...

. It is one of the shrines of the

Vaippu Sthalam The ''Vaippu Sthalam'' :ta:வைப்புத் தலங்கள் also Called Tevara Vaippu Sthalam are places in South India that were mentioned casually in the songs in Tevaram, hymns composed in praise of the god Shiva during 7th-8t ...

s sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar

Appar Appar, also referred to as ( ta, திருநாவுக்கரசர்) or Navukkarasar, was a seventh-century Tamil Śaiva poet-saint. Born in a peasant Śaiva family, raised as an orphan by his sister, he lived about 80 years and is ...

. மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், Muvar Thevara Vaippu Thalangal, திருச்சாத்தமங்கை (கோயில்சீயாத்தமங்கை, சீயாத்தமங்கை)
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Literary mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III:58:10

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Gallery

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