Therazhundur Vedapureeswarar Temple

Vedapureeswarar Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Mayiladuthurai
Deity	Vedapureeswarar Temple
Location
Location	Therazhundur, near Kuttalam
State	Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Location in Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates	11°02′N79°35′E / 11.04°N 79.58°E / 11.04; 79.58
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture

Therazhundur Vedapureeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Therazhundur in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India. The historical name of the place is Thirunedungalam. ^[1] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Vedapureeswarar. His consort is known as Soundaraambigai. At the right side of the temple, Madesvarar shrine is found.

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has recently documented a set of inscriptions dating to the period of the Imperial Cholas at this temple. Two Tamil inscriptions, engraved on the door jamb and written in 12th-century script, are dated to the 34th and 44th regnal years of Kulottunga Chola I. ^[2]

Significance

Premises of Vedapureeswarar 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 Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar. The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the banks of River Kaveri. ^[3]

Literary Mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as: ^[4]

பெரியாய் சிறியாய் பிறையாய் மிடறு

கரியாய் கரிகா டுயர்வீ டுடையாய்
அரியாய் ஒளியாய் அழுந்தை மறையோர்

வெரியார் தொழமா மடம்மே வினையே.

Gallery

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  Flagpost and Vinayaka
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  Vimana of presiding deity
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  Vimana of goddess
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  Madesvarar shrine

References

1. Sri Vedapureeswarar temple, Dinamalar
2. "Tamil Nadu: ASI documents 10 Chola-era inscriptions from Shiva temple in Mayiladuthurai district". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 9 October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
3. Ka. Vi., Kannan (2019). River cauvery the most battl(r)ed. Notion Press. p. 38. ISBN   9781684666041.
4. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 20:8

External links

• "Sri Vedapureeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
• "Vedapureeswarar Temple, Tiruvazhundur". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.