Vasishtesvarar Temple, Karunthittaikkudi
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Vasishtesvarar Temple (வசிஷ்டேஸ்வரர் கோயில்):ta:தஞ்சாவூர் வசிஷ்டேஸ்வரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple located at Karunthittaikkudi near Thanjavur in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India.பு.மா.ஜெயசெந்தில்நாதன், தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், வர்த்தமானன் பதிப்பகம், சென்னை, 2009[https://shaivam.org/hindu-hub/temples/place/319/karunthittaikudi-vasishteswarar-temple மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், Muvar Thevara Vaippu Thalangal, கருந்திட்டைக்குடி / கரந்தட்டாங்குடி (கரந்தை) Karundhittaikkudi / Karandhattangkudi (Karandhai), 6-71-3][http://www.shivatemples.com/vt/vtlist1.php தேவார வைப்புத் தலங்கள், கருந்திட்டைக்குடி, 6-71-3]
Significance
Praises of the temple have been sung by the Saivite saints Sambandar and Sundarar of 7th - 8th century CE. The temple is visited by people seeking cures from diseases. The temple is believed to cure problems due to planetary position for people born in the Thiruvadhirai star. The main idol is that of Sundaranayaki who is called "Kadal Partha Nayaki" or the "goddess who saw the seas".{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
Vaippu Sthalam
It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Sundarar.
Presiding deity
Palace Devasthanam
Thanjavur Palace Devasthanam comprises 88 temples, of which this temple is the one. They are maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu.[https://hrce.tn.gov.in/hrcehome/index_temple.php?tid=13967 Thanjavur Palace Devasthanam, Thanjavur 613 009]தஞ்சாவூர் அரண்மனை தேவஸ்தானத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ஆலயங்கள், தஞ்சை இராஜராஜேச்சரம் திருக்குட நன்னீராட்டுப் பெருவிழா மலர், 1997J.M.Somasundaram Pillai, The Great Temple at Tanjore, [Tanjore Palace Devastanams, II Edn 1958] Rpt 1994, Tamil University, Thanjavur
Karanthai
This place is known as Karanthai, Karunthittaikkudi and Karanthattangudi. There is also another place with this name Karanthai near Kanchipuram.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
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Gallery
File: Thanjavur vasistesvarar temple1.jpg|Nandhi mandapa
File: Thanjavur vasistesvarar temple2.jpg|Gopura in Southern entrance
File: Thanjavur vasistesvarar temple3.jpg|Vimana of the presiding deity
File: Thanjavur vasistesvarar temple4.jpg|Vimana of the Goddess
File: Thanjavur vasistesvarar temple5.jpg|Entrance to the shrine of Goddess
File: Thanjavur vasistesvarar temple6.jpg|Entrance to the shrine of presiding deity
File: Thanjavur vasistesvarar temple7.jpg|Kosta sculptures
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