Brahmapurisvarar Temple, Thiruppattur is a
Siva temple in
Thiruppattur in
Trichy
Tiruchirappalli (), also known as Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with being the best livable and the cleanest city of T ...
district in
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
(India).
[பு.மா.ஜெயசெந்தில்நாதன், தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், வர்த்தமானன் பதிப்பகம், சென்னை, 2009][மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், Muvar Thevara Vaippu Thalangal, பிடவூர் - pidavUr, Sl.No.218, 6-7-6, 6-70-2]
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Vaippu Sthalam
It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Appar
Appar (), also referred to as Tirunavukkaracar () or Navukkarasar, was a seventh-century Tamil Shaiva poet-saint. Born in a peasant Shaiva family, raised as an orphan by his sister, he lived about 80 years and is generally placed sometime betwe ...
and Sundarar
Sundarar (), also referred to as Chuntarar, Chuntaramurtti, Nampi Aruran or Tampiran Tolan, was an eighth-century poet-saint of Tamil Shaiva Siddhanta tradition of Hinduism. He is among the Tevaram trio, and one of the most prominent Nayanars, ...
. This place was known as Pidavur.[
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Presiding deity
The presiding deity is Brahmapurisvarar. The Goddess is known as Brahmanayaki.[பிடவூர்]
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Speciality
Though this is a Siva Temple, it is famous for the Brahma
Brahma (, ) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the triple deity, trinity of Para Brahman, supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.Jan Gonda (1969)The Hindu Trinity, Anthropos, Bd 63/64, H 1/2, pp. 212– ...
shrine found in the temple.பிடவூர்
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References
Hindu temples in Tiruchirappalli district
Shiva temples in Tiruchirappalli district
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