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Chathuranga Vallabhanathar Temple (சதுரங்க வல்லபநாதர் 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 Hin ...

located between Needamangalam and

Mannargudi Mannargudi () is a town in Thiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Mannargudi taluk. The town is located at a distance of from the district headquarters Thiruvarur, 36 km from Kumbakonam, 40 km fro ...

in the

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. The presiding deity is

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Legend

According to Hindu legend, a childless king named Vasudevan worshipped Shiva and as a result

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was born to him as Rajarajeswari. It is also believed that Shiva appeared to the king in the guise of ''siddha'' at this place and worsted him in a game of

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. As a consequence, he married Rajarajeswari.

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. The temple is frequented by

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patients.

Sambandar 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 ...

had sung praises of the temple in his ''

Thevaram Thevaram is a town in Theni district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thevaram is located in Tamil Nadu near on border of Kerala at the Eastern side foot-hill of the Western Ghats. It is connected with State Highway SH100 Several highways ...

''.

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