Misplaced Pages

Vyagrapureeswarar Temple

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India

Vyagrapureeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Perumpuliyur near Thiruvaiyaru in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India.

Deity

The temple faces east. The principal deity is Shiva. There are also shrines to Ganesha, Murugan, Valli, Deivayanai, Dakshinamurthy, Ardhanareeswara, Chandikeswara, Somaskanda, Nataraja, Bhairava and the Navagrahas.

Significance

Vyagrapureeswarar Temple also known as Perumpuliyur is one of the five shrines associated with the Saivite saint Vyagrapada. Hymns have been composed in praise of the temple by Sambandar in the Thevaram.

References


This article about Hindu place of worship in Tamil Nadu is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Stub icon

This Thanjavur district location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: