MelaThirumanancheri Iyravatheswarar Temple (மேலைத் திருமணஞ்சேரி ஐராவதேஸ்வரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Mela Thirumanancheri in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India. The historical name of the place is Ethirkolpadi. [1] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Iyravatheswarar. His consort is known as Sugantha Kundalambikai.
Significance edit
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 Sundarar. The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the banks of River Kaveri.[2]
References edit
- ^ Sri Iyravatheswarar temple
- ^ Ka. Vi., Kannan (2019). River cauvery the most battl(r)ed. Notion Press. p. 40. ISBN 9781684666041.
External links edit
- "Sri Iyravatheswarar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Airavatheswarar Temple, Tiruedhirkolpaadi". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.