Achalpuram Shivalokathyagar Temple

Achalpuram Shivalokathyagar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Achalpuram in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Shivalokathyagar. His consort is known as Tiruvennetru Umaiammai.

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.

Literary Mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:^[1]

“

அன்புறு சிந்தைய ராகி யடியவர் நன்புறு நல்லூர்ப் பெருமண மேவிநின் றின்புறு மெந்தை யிணையடி யேத்துவார் துன்புறு வாரல்லர் தொண்டுசெய் வாரே.

”

References

1. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 125: 3

External links

• "Sri Shivaloka Thyagar temple". Dinamalar.
• "Sivalogathyagesar Temple, Tirunallur Perumanam (Now known as Aachchaalpuram)". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.