Seeyathamangai Ayavandeeswarar Temple
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Seeyathamangai Ayavandeeswarar Temple
{{Cite web|url= https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=916
|title= Sri Ayavantheeswarar temple
|work=Dinamalar temples
|access-date=14 August 2015}}
( {{langx|ta|சீயாத்தமங்கை அயவந்தீசுவரர் கோயில்}}):ta: சீயாத்தமங்கை அயவந்தீசுவரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple located at Seeyathamangai in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India.[http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc081.php Ayavandeeswarar Temple, Tiruchaathamangai]. Seeyathamangai is also written as Siyathamangai and Tiruchaathamangai. The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Ayavantheeswarar.
{{cite web|url=https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=916 |title= Sri Ayavantheeswarar temple
|publisher=Dinamalar|access-date=14 August 2015}} His consort, Parvati, is known as Malarkkannammai.
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. It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Appar. [https://shaivam.org/hindu-hub/temples/place/230/thirusaathamangai-ayavanteeswarar-temple மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், Muvar Thevara Vaippu Thalangal, திருச்சாத்தமங்கை (கோயில்சீயாத்தமங்கை, சீயாத்தமங்கை)][http://www.shivatemples.com/vt/vt_kovil1/vt2.php தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், அசோகந்தி, அயோகந்தி, 6-7-10, 6-70-9]
Literary mention
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III:58:10
{{cquote|கங்கையோர் வார்சடைமே லடை யப்புடை யேகமழும்
மங்கையோ டொன்றிநின்றம் மதிதான் சொல் லாவதொன்றே
சங்கையில் லாமறையோ ரவர் தாந்தொழு சாத்தமங்கை
அங்கையிற் சென்னைவைத்தா யயவந்தி யமர்ந்தவனே.}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|title= Sri Ayavantheeswarar temple
|url= https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=916 |publisher =Dinamalar}}
- {{cite web|title= Ayavandeeswarar Temple, Tiruchaathamangai
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc081.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}
Gallery
File:Seeyattamangaiayavandeesvarartemple2.jpg|Entrance and Nandi mandapa
File:Seeyattamangaiayavandeesvarartemple3.jpg|Vimana of the presiding deity
File:Seeyattamangaiayavandeesvarartemple4.jpg|Tank in front of the temple
File:Seeyattamangaiayavandeesvarartemple5.jpg|Sculpture in the kosta
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Category:Shiva temples in Nagapattinam district