Semponarkoil Swarnapureeswarar Temple

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Swarnapureeswarar Temple, Sembanarkoil
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Religion
Affiliation Hinduism
Deity Lord Shiva
Location
Location Sembanarkoil near Mayiladuthurai on the road to Tharangambadi
State Tamil Nadu
Country India
Semponarkoil Swarnapureeswarar Temple

Semponarkoil Swarnapureeswarar Temple [1] (செம்பொனார்கோவில் சுவர்ணபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்)is a Hindu temple located at Semponnarkoil in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India. This place is also called as Tiruchemponpalli. [2] The historical name of the place is Lakshmipuri and Indirapuri.The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Swarnapureeswarar. His consort is known as Suguntha Kundalambikai. [3] The temple is dedicated to Shiva.

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Deity

The presiding deity is Swarnapureeswarar and his consort is Suguntha Kundalambikai. The temple has been praised in hymns by the Saivite saints Sambandar and Thirunavukkarasar. According to Sambandhar, "No miseries would peep in to the life of those worshipping my Lord gracing from Semponpalli with Mother on His left and holding in His hand the Mazhu (axe) and His long hair glittering as golden thread." The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the banks of River Kaveri. [4]

Significance

The entrance of the temple Sembanarkovil sornapurisvarar temple1.jpg
The entrance of the temple

It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar. [3]

Literary mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as: [5]

வானார் திங்கள் வளர்புன் சடைவைத்துத்

தேனார் செம்பொன் பள்ளி மேவிய
ஊனார் தலையிற் பலிகொண் டுழல்வாழ்க்கை

ஆனான் கழலே யடைந்து வாழ்மினே.

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple". dinamalar temples. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  2. ↑ Swarnapureesar Temple, Tiruchemponpalli (Sembonaar Kovil)
  3. 1 2 Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple
  4. ↑ Ka. Vi., Kannan (2019). River cauvery the most battl(r)ed. Notion Press. p. 39. ISBN   9781684666041.
  5. ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 25:8


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