Karukudi Sargunalingeswarar Temple
10°55′29″N 79°24′15″E / 10.924843°N 79.404113°E
Karukudi Sargunalingeswarar Temple[1] (கருக்குடி சற்குணலிங்கேஸ்வரர் கோயில் [2])is a Hindu temple located at Karukudi in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The historical name of the place is Marudhanallur. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Sargunalingeswarar. His consort is known as Advaita Nayaki.[4]
Significance
[edit]It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar.[4]
Literary Mention
[edit]Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[5]
சூடுவர் சடையினைக் கங்கை நங்கையை
கூடுவர் உலகிடை ஐயங் கொண்டொலி
பாடுவர் இசைபறை கொட்ட நட்டிருள்
ஆடுவர் கருக்குடி அண்ணல் வண்ணமே.
References
[edit]- ^ "Sri Sarguna Lingeswarar (Karukudinathar) temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ^ ta:கருக்குடி சற்குணலிங்கேஸ்வரர் கோயில்
- ^ Sargunalingeswarar Temple, Tirukkarukkudi (now known as Marudhanallur.
- ^ a b Sri Sarguna Lingeswarar (Karukudinathar) temple
- ^ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III:21:5
External links
[edit]- "Sri Sarguna Lingeswarar (Karukudinathar) temple". Dinamalar.
- "Sargunalingeswarar Temple, Tirukkarukkudi (now known as Marudhanallur)". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.