Mahendrapalli Tirumeni Azhagar Temple

Mahendrapalli Tirumeni Azhagar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Mahendirapalli in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Tirumeni Azhagar. His consort is known as Vadivambigai.

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:^[2]

“

கோங்கிள வேங்கையும் கொழுமலர்ப் புன்னையும் தாங்குதேன் கொன்றையும் தகுமலர்க் குரவமும் மாங்கரும் பும்வயன் மயேந்திரப் பள்ளியுள் ஆங்கிருந் தவன்கழ லடியிணை பணிமினே.

”

References

1. Sri Tirumeni Azhagar temple, Dinamalar
2. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 31: 3

External links

• "Sri Tirumeni Azhagar temple". Dinamalar.

• "Tirumeniazhagar Temple, Tirumayendirapalli". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.