Tiruneelakkudi Neelakandeswarar Temple

Tiruneelakkudi Neelakandeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The historical name of Tiruneelakkudi is Thennalakudi . The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Neelakandeswarar. His consort is Oppilamulaiyal.

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 Tirunavukkarasar.

References

"Sri Neelakandeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
"Neelakandeswarar Temple, Tiruneelakudi". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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