Monday, September 4, 2017

Tiruppaatrurai Adhimooleswarar Temple – Literary Mention

Tiruppaatrurai Adhimooleswarar Temple – Literary Mention
It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Thevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar. This temple is considered as 113th Devaram Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam and 59th Sthalam on the banks of river Kollidam and north side of river Cauvery of Chozha Nadu.
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:
மாகந் தோய்மதி சூடி மகிழ்ந்தென
தாகம் பொன்னிற மாக்கினார்
பாகம் பெண்ணு முடையவர் பாற்றுறை
நாகம் ழுண்ட நயவரே