Tirupperumpuliyur Vyakrapureeswarar Temple
Tirupperumpuliyur Vyakrapureeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Perumpuliyur in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. [1] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Vyakrapureeswarar. His consort is known as Soundaryanayaki.
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]
“ | சீருடை யாரடி யார்கள் சேடரொப் பார்சடை சேரும் நீருடை யார்பொடிப் பூசு நினைப்புடை யார்விரி கொன்றைத் |
” |
References
- ↑ Sri Vyakrapureeswarar temple, Dinamalar
- ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 67:9
External links
- "Sri Vyakrapureeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Viyakra Pureesar Temple, Tirupperumpuliyur". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.
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