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Mandagapattu Tirumurti Temple is a Hindu temple situated in the village of Mandagapattu in the Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. Hewn from rock by the Pallava ruler Mahendravarman I in honour of the trinity Brahma-Shiva-Vishnu, the rock-cut cave temple is the oldest stone shrine discovered and dated in Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu is home to more than 400,000 Hindu temples and is aptly called "the land of temples" by the media. Many of these temples are over 800 years old and are spread across the state. Many of these temples are over 800 years old and are spread across the state.
A tributary of Cauvery, Ganapathy Theertham, runs alongside this temple. Kuntaleswarar temple is considered to be the 28th in the series of the Tevara Padal Petra Stalams located in Chola Nadu, north of the river Kaveri. [4] This temple is located close to the Karuppariyalur temple, another Padal petra sthalam which shares the same legend. [5]
Iluppaipattu Neelakandeswarar Temple ... கோயில்) [1] is a Hindu temple located at Iluppaipattu in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India. The place ...
The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Uthirapasupatheeswarar. His consort, Parvati , is known as Vaaitha Tirukuzhal Umai Nayaki. [ 4 ]
Arunagirinathar was a 15th-century Tamil poet born in Tiruvannamalai.According to regional tradition, he spent his early years as a rioter and seducer of women. After ruining his health, he tried to commit suicide by throwing himself from the northern tower of Annamalaiyar Temple, but was saved by the grace of god Murugan. [3]
Early Tamil texts mention that the temple was the centre of the city and the streets happened to be radiating out like a lotus and its petals. The temple prakarams (outer precincts of a temple) and streets accommodate an elaborate festival calendar in which processions circumambulate the temple complex. The vehicles used in the processions are ...
The Ganga Jadadisvarar Temple (also known as the Govindaputhur Gangajatatheeswarar Temple [1]) is a Hindu temple located in the village of Govindaputtur, Ariyalur District, Tamil Nadu, India. Saint Appar and Sambandar who lived during the period of Mahendravarma Pallava praised the deity of the temple in their Devaram hymns.