Rathnagiriswarar Temple
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| Rathnagiriswarar Temple | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Hinduism |
| District | Nagapattinam district |
| Deity | Manickavannar, Rathanagiriswarar(Shiva) Vanduvar Kuzhali(Parvathi) |
| Location | |
| Location | Thirumarugal |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Country | India |
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| Architecture | |
| Type | Dravidian architecture |
Rathnagiriswarar Temple (Tamil: இரத்தினகிரிஸ்வரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in Thirumarugal, 10 km East of Nannilam, Near Nagapatnam, in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu in India.
It is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams, where two of the most revered Nayanars (Saivite Saints), Appar and Tirugnana Sambandar[1] have sung the glories of this temple.
Name origin
[edit]Thirumarugal derived its name from a plantain named Marugal, a type of banana tree found inside the northern-side of the Rathnagiriswarar temple since time immemorial.
Temple
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Gallery
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Gopuram view -
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Inside view -
Front Mandapa -
Tirumana mandapa -
Vimana of presiding deity -
Vimana of Goddess -
Mandapa in the middle of tank
References
[edit]- ^ "campantar tEvAram -2" (PDF). projectmadurai.org. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
Notes
[edit]- P. V. Jagadisa Ayyar (1920). South Indian shrines: illustrated. Madras Times Printing and Pub. Co. pp. 360–369.
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