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Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam is a Saivite mutt (शैव मठ), based in the town of
Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam is a Saivite mutt (शैव मठ), based in the town of Thiruvavaduthurai
Thiruvavaduthurai is a village in Mayiladuthurai district, east-central Tamil Nadu, South India, where the Masilamaniswara Temple is located. Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam, one of the prominent Saiva Aadheenams (monasteries) in South India, is lo ...
in Kuthalam taluk of Mayiladuthurai District, Tamil Nadu
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, India
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. The adheenam maintains the Mayuranathaswami temple at Mayiladuthurai. As of 1987, there were a total of 15 Shiva
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temples under the control of the adheenam.
Key activities
The Adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically '' Thevaram'' and '' Tiruvasakam'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship. Some of the prominent Tamil literary personalities like Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai had their tutorship in the Adheenam. His disciple U V Swaminatha Iyer, who published many Tamil classical texts also was associated with the organization. The Adheenam along with Thiruppanandal Adheenam and Dharmapuram Adheenam were founded during the 16th century to spread the ideology of Saiva Sidhantam.Notable events
In connection with India's Independence in August 14, 1947, two emissaries from the Adheenam presentedJawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a pr ...
, a golden sceptre, referred to as " Sengol", at his home in Delhi in an elaborate ceremony. Sengol, which is derived from Tamil word ‘semmai’, meaning righteousness, had an important place in Tamil culture; as when a new king was crowned, he would be presented with a ‘sengol’ during the coronation by the high priest and be reminded that he had the “aanai” (order or decree) to rule justly and fairly. C. Rajagopalachari, who was also an ardent follower of this Adheenam, is often credited with the idea of the 1947 Sengol ceremony as a mark of the transfer of power from the British to the Indian rulers.
On May 28, 2023, at the beginning of the inauguration of the new parliament, the Adheenam priests performed a traditional puja in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India since 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Par ...
participated, and Modi bowed down before the sacred Sengol as a mark of respect. Then a group of Adheenam priests presented the ''Sengol'' to PM Modi, who installed it near the chair of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha in the new Parliament building.
See also
* SengolReferences
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