Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam, Thiruvaduthurai, Kuthalam,
Nagapattinam
Thiruvaduthurai
Adheenam is a Saivite mutt based in the town of Thiruvaduthurai in Kuthalam
Taluk of Nagapattinam District, Tamilnadu. The Adheenam maintains the Mayuranathaswami temple at Mayiladuthurai. As of 1987, there were a total of 15 Shiva Temples under the
control of the Adheenam. The Adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite
literature, specifically Thevaram and Tiruvasagam 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.
