Vijayamangai Vijayanatheswarar Temple

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Vijayamangai Vijayanatheswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Tiruvijayamangai in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. [1] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Vijayanatheswarar. His consort is known as Mangalanayaki.

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Significance

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.

Literary mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as: [2]

தோடமர் காதினன் துதைந்த நீற்றினன்

ஏடமர் கோதையோ டினித மர்விடம்
காடமர் மாகரி கதறப்போர்த்ததோர்

வேடம துடையணல் விசய மங்கையே.

Tirunavukkarasar describes the feature of the deity as: [3]

வந்து கேண்மின் மயல்தீர் மனிதர்காள்

வெந்த நீற்றன் விசயமங் கைப்பிரான்
சிந்தை யால்நினை வார்களைச் சிக்கெனப்

பந்து வாக்கி உய்யக்கொளுங் காண்மினே.

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References

  1. Sri Vijaya Natheswarar temple, Dinamalar
  2. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 17:5
  3. Tirunavukkarasar Tevaram, V: 71:9