Semponarkoil Swarnapureeswarar Temple

Semponarkoil Swarnapureeswarar Temple^[1](செம்பொனார்கோவில் சுவர்ணபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்)is a Hindu temple located at Semponnarkoil in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. This place is also called as Tiruchemponpalli.^[2] The historical name of the place is Lakshmipuri and Indirapuri.The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Swarnapureeswarar. His consort is known as Suguntha Kundalambikai.^[3]

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 Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar.^[3]

Literary Mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:^[4]

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வானார் திங்கள் வளர்புன் சடைவைத்துத் தேனார் செம்பொன் பள்ளி மேவிய ஊனார் தலையிற் பலிகொண் டுழல்வாழ்க்கை ஆனான் கழலே யடைந்து வாழ்மினே.

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References

1. "Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple". dinamalar temples. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
2. Swarnapureesar Temple, Tiruchemponpalli (Sembonaar Kovil)
3. Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple
4. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 25:8

External links

• "Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
• "Swarnapureesar Temple, Tiruchemponpalli (Sembonaar Kovil)". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.