Mehanadhar Temple | |
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Lalithambika temple | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Hinduism |
District | Thiruvarur |
Deity | Mehanathar (Shiva) Lalithambika (Parvathi) |
Location | |
Location | Tirumeichur |
State | Tamil Nadu |
Country | India |
Geographic coordinates | 10°57′46″N79°38′50″E / 10.96278°N 79.64722°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Dravidian architecture |
Tirumeeyachur Mehanadhar Temple [1] (திருமீயச்சூர் மேகநாதர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Thirumeeyachur in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. [2] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Meganathaswami. His consort is known as Lalithambika. [3]
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. [3] Tirumeeyachur Ilamkovil Sakalabhuvaneswarar Temple is also found in this temple's premises.
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as: [4]
நீல வடிவர் மிடறு நெடியர் நிகரில்லார்
கோல வடிவு தமதாங் கொள்கை யறிவொண்ணார்
காலர் கழலர் கரியி னுரியர் மழுவாளர்மேலர் மதியர் விதியர் மீயச் சூராரே.
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