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Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India

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Tirunarayur Siddhanatheswarar Temple (திருநறையூர் சித்தநாதேசுவரர் கோயில் )is a Hindu temple located at Tirunarayur in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Siddha Natheswarar. His consort is known as Soundarya Nayaki.

Significance

Vimana of the presiding deity

It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Sundarar.

Literary mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:

மெய்யின் மாசர் விரிண் டுகிலிலார்

கையி லுண்டு கழறு முரைகொள்ளேல்
உய்ய வேண்டி லிறைவன் னறையூரில்

செய்யுஞ் சித்தீச் சரமே தவமாமே.

References

  1. "Sri Siddha Natheswarar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. ta:திருநறையூர் சித்தநாதேசுவரர் கோயில்
  3. Siddhi Nadheswarar Temple, Tirunaraiyur
  4. ^ Sri Siddha Natheswarar temple
  5. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, I:29:10

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