Tirumayanam Brahmapureeswarar Temple

Tirumayanam Brahmapureeswarar Temple[1]( திருமயானம் பிரம்மபுரீஸ்வரர் கோயில்[2]])is a Hindu temple located at Tirumayanam in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Brahmmapureeswarar. His consort is known as Malarkuzhal Minnammai. [4]

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, Tirunavukkarasar and Sundarar.[4]

Literary Mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[5]

தூயவிடைமேல் வருவார துன்னாருடைய மதில்கள்

காயவேவச் செற்றார் கடவூர்மயான மமர்ந்தார்
தீயகருமஞ் சொல்லுஞ் சிறு புன்றேர ரமணர்
பேய்பேயென்ன வருவார் அவரெம்பெருமா னடிகளே.

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