Sivayoginathar Temple
Sivayoginathar Temple also known as Yoganandeswarar temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in is located in Thiruvisanallur in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshiped as purathaneshwarar in krutha yuga,yoganandheeswarar in threytha yuga,vilvaaranyeshwarar in dhwabara yuga and Sivayoganathar in kali yuga, and is represented by the ''lingam'' and his consort Parvati is depicted as soundhara nayaki or shantha Nayagi. And the bala shani bagavan also there for first 2.5 years shani dosha The presiding deity is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the ''Tevaram'', written by Tamil poet saints known as the nayanars thirugnanasambandhar and appar swamy and classified as ''Paadal Petra Sthalam''. There are many inscriptions associated with the temple indicating contributions from pandiyas Cholas, Thanjavur Nayaks and Thanjavur Maratha kingdom, Thanjavur Marathas. The oldest parts of the present masonry structure were built during the Chol ...
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India by population, sixth largest by population, Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, who speak the Tamil language—the state's official language and one of the longest surviving Classical languages of India, classical languages of the world. The capital and largest city is Chennai. Located on the south-eastern coast of the Indian peninsula, Tamil Nadu is straddled by the Western Ghats and Deccan Plateau in the west, the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Eastern Coastal Plains lining the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait to the south-east, the Laccadive Sea at the southern Cape (geography), cape of the peninsula, with the river Kaveri bisecting the state. Politically, Tamil Nadu is bound by the Indian sta ...
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