Thiruvaduthurai

Thiruvaduthurai Thiruavavaduthurai
village
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nagapattinam
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	609803
Vehicle registration	TN-82
Coastline	0 kilometres (0 mi)
Nearest city	Mayiladuthurai,Kumbakonam

Thiruvavaduthurai also called as Thuraisai is a Beautiful Greenery Village well known for its Adheenam. It is one of the five most prominent Saiva Aadheenams (or monasteries) in South India. It is in this Great shrine that Thirumoolar wrote Thirumandhiram in Tamil, in more than three thousand verses, probably between the 4th and 6th centuries A.D., and is considered as one of the oldest and most important text of Yoga from South India. It is a work of Yoga, tantra, mysticism, mantra, kundalini and monistic theism. He lived in Thiruvavaduthurai for 3000 years and wrote each verses each year thus completing 3000 verses in 3000 years.

Important FACTS about Thiruvavaduthurai:

- Thirumoolar wrote Thirumandhiram here

- Thiruvavaduthurai posts two modern day wonders - A Growing Nandi (Cow in Tamil) and a Wide Spread Sacred Fig (Botanical Name : Ficus religiosa)

- A natural White Neem Tree

- Three rivers flow across this village

The main Priest in this Shrine is Sivashri K.Thandapani Sivachariyar belonging to Kaapiakudi Vagayara a village near the famous Hindu Shrine Sirkazhi.

Demographics

It is headed by a pontiff. at here the Thirumular writes "thirumanthiram".

Coordinates: 11°02′25″N 79°31′06″E / 11.0404°N 79.5182°E