Tirupperuvelur Abhimuktheeswarar Temple

Tirupperuvelur Abhimuktheeswarar Temple[1] (Tamil: மணக்கால் ஐயன்பேட்டை அபிமுகேசுவரர் கோயில்)[2] is a Hindu temple located at Manakkal Ayyampet in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[3] The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Avimuktheswarar. His consort, Parvati, is known as Baagampriyal. The place is also known as Tirupperuvelur [4]

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.[4]

Literary mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[5]

விழையாதார் விழைவார்போல் விகிர்தங்கள் பலபேசிக்

குழையாதார் குழைவார்போற் குணம்நல்ல பலகூறி
அழையாவு மரற்றாவு மடிவீழ்வார் தமக்கென்றும்
பிழையாத பெருமானார் பெருவேளூர் பிரியாரே.

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