Vilamal Pathanchali Manoharar Temple[1] ( Tamil: விளமல் பதஞ்சலி மனோகரர் கோயில்)[2] is a Hindu temple located at Vilamal in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Pathanchali Manoharar. His consort, Parvati, is known as Yazhinum Menmozhiyaal.[4]
| Vilamal Pathanchali Manoharar Temple | |
|---|---|
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Hinduism |
| District | Tiruvarur |
| Deity | Lord Shiva |
| Location | |
| Location | Vilamal in Tiruvarur district |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Country |  India |
Significance edit
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.[4]
Literary mention edit
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[5]
தொண்டசை யுறவரு துயருறு காலனை மாள்வுற
அண்டல்செய் திருவரை வெருவுற வாரழ லாயினார்
கொண்டல்செய் தருதிரு மிடறின ரிடமெனி லளியினம்
விண்டிசை யுறுமலர் நறுமது விரிபொழில் விளமரே.
References edit
- ^ "Sri Pathanchali Manoharar temple". Dinamalar temples. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ ta: விளமல் பதஞ்சலி மனோகரர் கோயில்
- ^ "Sri Pathanchali Manoharar temple". Dinamalar. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ^ a b Pathanjali Manoharar Temple, Tiruvilamar
- ^ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III:88:9
External links edit
- "Sri Pathanchali Manoharar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Pathanjali Manoharar Temple, Tiruvilamar". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.