Thirumakalam_Mahakalanathar_Temple

Thirumakalam Mahakalanathar Temple

Thirumakalam Mahakalanathar Temple

Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India

Thirumakalam Mahakalanathar Temple[1](திருமாகாளம் மகாகாளநாதர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Thirumakalam in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[2] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Mahakalanathar. His consort is known as Bayakshambikai.[3]

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The entrance of the temple

Significance

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.[3]

Literary Mention

Vimana of the presiding deity

Tirugnanasambandar describes the features of the deity as:[4]

கொலையார் மழுவோடு கோலச் சிலையேந்தி

மலையார் புனலம்பர் மாகா ளம்மேய
கிளரும் சடையணணல் கேடில் கழலேத்தத்

தளரும் முறுநோய்கள் சாருந் தவந்தானே.

References

  1. [1]
    "Sri Mahakalanathar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. [2]
    Maakaalanathar Temple, Ambar Maakaalam
  3. [3]
    Sri Mahakalanathar temple
  4. [4]
    Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 83:8

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