Pallavaneswarar Temple

Pallavaneswarar Temple (பல்லவனேஸ்வரர் கோயில்)[1] is a Hindu temple located in the town of Kaveripoompattinam or Poompuhar, an archaeological site in Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is dedicated to Shiva. It is situated on the birthplace of Saivite saint Pattinathar. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Pallavaneswarar. His consort is known as Soundaryanayaki.[2]

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. A Pallava king is believed to have attained salvation in this place.[3]

Literary mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[4]

பச்சை மேனியர் பிச்சைகொள்பவர்

பட்டினத்துறை பல்லவனீச்சரத்
திச்சையா யிருப்பார்

இவர்தன்மை யறிவாரார்.

References
  1. ta:பூம்புகார் பல்லவனேசுவரர் கோயில்
  2. Sri Pallavaneswarar temple , Dinamalar
  3. Ayyar, P. V. Jagadisa (1993). South Indian Shrines: Illustrated (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Asian Educational Service. p. 244. ISBN 81-206-0151-3.
  4. Gnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 112: 6


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