Mahendrapalli Tirumeni Azhagar Temple

Mahendrapalli Tirumeni Azhagar Temple (மகேந்திரப்பள்ளி திருமேனியழகர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Mahendirapalli in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India.[1] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Tirumeni Azhagar. His consort is known as Vadivambigai.

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]

கோங்கிள வேங்கையும் கொழுமலர்ப் புன்னையும்

தாங்குதேன் கொன்றையும் தகுமலர்க் குரவமும்
மாங்கரும் பும்வயன் மயேந்திரப் பள்ளியுள்

ஆங்கிருந் தவன்கழ லடியிணை பணிமினே.

References
  1. Sri Tirumeni Azhagar temple, Dinamalar
  2. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 31: 3
  • "Sri Tirumeni Azhagar temple". Dinamalar.
  • "Tirumeniazhagar Temple, Tirumayendirapalli". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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