Annappanpettai Sundareswarar Temple

Annappanpettai Sundareswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Annappanpettai in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. The historical name of the place is Kalikamoor. [1] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Sundareswarar . His consort is known as Azhagammai.

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 Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar.

Literary Mention

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

மாசு பிறக்கிய மேனியாரு மருவுந் துவராடை

மீசு பிறக்கிய மெய்யினாரு மறியா ரவர்தோற்றங்
காசினி நீர்த்திரண் மண்டியெங்கும் வளமார் கலிக்காமூர்
ஈசனை யெந்தை பிரானையேத்தி நினைவார் வினைபோமே.

References

  1. Sri Sundareswarar temple, Dinamalar
  2. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 105: 10

External links

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