Vadathirthesvarar Temple, Andanallur

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Vadathirthesvarar Temple, Andanallur, is a Siva temple in Andanallur in Trichy District in Tamil Nadu (India).ஆலந்துறை/அந்தநல்லூர், பு.மா.ஜெயசெந்தில்நாதன், தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், வர்த்தமானன் பதிப்பகம், சென்னை, 2009

Vaippu Sthalam

It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams. This temple is found at Andanallur near Tiruchendurai in Trichy-Karur road.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

Presiding deity

The presiding deity Vadathirthesvarar and Alandurai Mahadevar. His consort is known as Balasundari and Balasoundaranayaki. The niches of the karnakutas of the first tala contains images of a kneeling man on the left and a kneeling lady in the right. Such a feature is otherwise found in Neyyadiappar Temple, Tillaistanam and Dandeeswarar Temple in Velachery.{{cite report|title=The Mahadeva temple of Tillaisthanam|last=D.|first=Devakunjari|volume=II|issue=III|journal=Damilica|publisher=The State Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamil Nadu|editor-last=R.|editor-first=nagaswamy|year=1973|url=https://www.tnarch.gov.in/Library%20BOOk%20PDF/Damalica%20vol-II.pdf|format=PDF}}

Prakara

This temple belongs to the period of Parantaka Chola. In the Prakaram shrines of Vinayaka, Subramania Gajalakshmi, Navagraha, Chandra, Surya and Bairava are found.

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