Tirundudevankudi Karkadeswarar Temple

Tirundudevankudi Karkadeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Tirundudevankudi in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The historical name of the place is Karkteeswaram and Nandankoil. ^[1] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Karkadeswarar. His consort is known as Apoorvanayaki.

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

Tirungnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:^[2]

“

விண்ணுலா வும்நெறி வீடுகாட் டும்நெறி மண்ணுலா வும்நெறி மயக்கந்தீர்க் கும்நெறி தெண்ணிலா வெண்மதி தீண்டுதே வன்குடி அண்ணலா னேறுடை அடிகள்வே டங்களே.

”

References

1. Sri Karkadeswarar temple, Dinamalar
2. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 25: 5

External links

• "Sri Karkadeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
• "Karkadeswarar Temple, Tirundudevankudi". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.