Sathyagireeswarar Temple () :ta:சேங்கனூர் சத்தியகிரீஸ்வரர் கோயில் is a

Hindu temple A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Kovil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to Hindu deities, deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers. It is considered the house of the god to who ...

located at Senganur in the Thiruvidaimarudur taluk of

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. The historical name of the place is Seignalur. Satyagireeswar Temple

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Location

Senganur is located at a distance of 16 kilometres from

Kumbakonam Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum), or Kudanthai, is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the States of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located from Thanjavur and from Chennai and is the hea ...

on the road to

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Significance

It is one of the shrines of the 275

Paadal Petra Sthalams The Paadal Petra Sthalams (), also known as Devara Sthalams, are 276 temples that are revered in the verses of Shaiva Nayanars in the 6th-9th century CE. The Divya Desams by comparison are the 108 Vishnu temples glorified in the poems of the ...

- Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval ''

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'' poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar

Tirugnanasambandar Sambandar (Tamil: சம்பந்தர், romanized: ''Campantar''), also referred to as Thirugnana Sambandar (Tamil: திருஞானசம்பந்தர், romanized: ''Tiruñāṉacampantar''), was a Shaiva poet-saint of Tami ...

.Hymns in praise of the deity have been sung by

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and

Sekkizhar Sēkkilān Mādēvadigal Rāmadēva (12th century CE), known popularly by his family name as Sekkizhar, was a saint and a contemporary of Kulottunga Chola II. He compiled and wrote the ''Periya Puranam'' (Great Story or Narrative) in 4253 vers ...

. The temple finds mention in Sekkizhar's '' Periapuranam''. Main Deity: Sakthigireeswarar or Sakthigiriswarar as written in the Temple itself or Sathyagireeswarar as popularly known Consort: Saki Devi According to Hindu legend, Mahalingaswamy at Thiruvidaimarudur is the centre of all Shiva temples in the region and the ''Saptha Vigraha moorthis'' (seven prime consorts in all

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temples) are located at seven cardinal points around the temple, located in various parts of the state. The seven deities are

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, Satyagireeswarar_Temple, Senganur also known as Chandikeswarar temple at Tirucheingalur,

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in Vellai Vinayagar Temple at

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in Sattainathar Temple at

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in Sooriyanar Temple at

Suryanar Kovil Suryanar Kovil (also called Suryanar Temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Hindu Sun-God, Surya, located in near a small town Aduthurai, Thanjavur District in Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Suriyanar, the Sun and his cons ...

and Dakshinamoorthy in

Apatsahayesvarar Temple, Alangudi Apatsahayesvarar Temple, Alangudi or Guru Sthalam or Tiru Irum Poolai is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in the valagaiman Town near Alangudi sub in the Valangaiman taluk of Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshipped ...

at Alangudi, Valaingaman taluk, Thiruvarur. Senganur is the birthplace of the Saivite saint Chandesha Nayanar as well as the Vaishnavite philosopher Acharya Periyavachan Pillai. (Sthalam 41)

References

External links

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