Tirupperumpuliyur Vyakrapureeswarar Temple is a
Hindu temple
A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Kovil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to Hindu deities, deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers. It is considered the house of the god to who ...
located at Perumpuliyur in
Thanjavur district
Thanjavur District is one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of the States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. Its headquarters is Thanjavur (Tanjore) . The district is located in the delta of the Cauv ...
of
Tamil Nadu
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,
India
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. The presiding deity is
Shiva
Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...
. He is called as Vyakrapureeswarar. His consort is known as Soundaryanayaki.
Significance
It is one of the shrines of the 275
Paadal Petra Sthalams
The Paadal Petra Sthalams (), also known as Devara Sthalams, are 276 temples that are revered in the verses of Shaiva Nayanars in the 6th-9th century CE. The Divya Desams by comparison are the 108 Vishnu temples glorified in the poems of the ...
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Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval ''
Tevaram
The ''Tevaram'' (, ), also spelled ''Thevaram'', denotes the first seven volumes of the twelve-volume collection ''Tirumurai'', a Saivism, Shaiva narrative of epic and Puranas, Puranic heroes, as well as a Hagiography, hagiographic account of ...
'' poems by Tamil Saivite
Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar
Sambandar (Tamil: சம்பந்தர், romanized: ''Campantar''), also referred to as Thirugnana Sambandar (Tamil: திருஞானசம்பந்தர், romanized: ''Tiruñāṉacampantar''), was a Shaiva poet-saint of Tami ...
. The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the northern banks of
River Kaveri
The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery) is a Rivers of India, major river flowing across Southern India. It is the third largest river in the region after Godavari River, Godavari and Krishna River, Krishna.
The catchment area of the Kaveri basin i ...
.
Nava Puliyur Temples
This is one of the
Nava Puliyur Temples worshipped by
Patanjali
Patanjali (, , ; also called Gonardiya or Gonikaputra) was the name of one or more author(s), mystic(s) and philosopher(s) in ancient India. His name is recorded as an author and compiler of a number of Sanskrit works. The greatest of these a ...
and
Vyaghrapada. The following temples are called as Nava Puliyur Temples.
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Perumpatrapuliyur
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Thirupathiripuliyur
Thirupathiripuliyur is a neighbourhood of Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India. It is named for the ancient Hindu temple located in the locale, which is named after the Pathiri tree and Puliyur, a tiger-legged saint who obtained absolution in the area.
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Erukathampuliyur
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Omampuliyur
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Sirupuliyur
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Atthippuliyur
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Thaplampuliyur
* Perumpuliyur
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Kanattampuliyur
Literary Mention
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:
[Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 67:9]
References
External links
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Shiva temples in Thanjavur district
Padal Petra Stalam
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