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{{short description|Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India}}
'''Irumbai Mahaleswarar Temple'''<ref name="shiva">{{cite web
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/tnaadu/tn31.php
|title= Maakaleshwarar Temple
 |work=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu
|accessdate=17 April 2019
}}</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] located at [[Irumbai]] in Vanur taluk in [[Villupuram district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The presiding deity is [[Shiva]]. He is called as Maakaleswarar. His consort is known as Kuyilmozhi Ammai.<ref name="dm">[http://www.shivatemples.com/tnaadu/tn31.php Maakaleshwarar Temple, Irumbai Maakaalam]</ref>

== Significance ==
It is one of the shrines of the 275 [[Paadal Petra Sthalams]] - [[Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu#Sthalams|Shiva Sthalams]] glorified in the early medieval ''[[Tevaram]]'' poems by Tamil Saivite [[Nayanars|Nayanar]] [[Sambandar]].<ref name="shiva"/>

== References ==
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