Tirunallam Umamaheswarar Temple

Tirunallam Umamaheswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Umamaheswarar. His consort is Degasoundari.

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 saints Tirunavukkarasar and Thirugnana Sambandar.

References

"Sri Uma Maheswarar temple". Dinamalar.
"Umamaheswarar Temple, Tirunallam". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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