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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Hindu monastery in Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Dharumapuram Adheenam<br />
| founder = Guru Gnanasambhandhar<br />
| type = Religious<br />
| location = [[Mayiladuthurai]], Tamil Nadu, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|11.1041|N|79.6733|E}}<br />
| leader_title = First Adheenam<br />
| leader_name = Guru Gnanasambhandhar<br />
| leader_title2 = Present Adheenam<br />
| leader_name2 = Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Parmachariya Swamigal<br />
| affiliations = [[Hinduism]], [[Shaivism]]<br />
| website = https://dharumaiadheenam.in/<br />
| image = Dharmapuram Adheenam HeadQuarters.jpg<br />
| caption = Dharumapuram Adheenam headquarters<br />
}}<br />
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'''Dharumapuram Adheenam''' ({{Langx|ta|தருமை ஆதீனம்}}) is a [[Saivite]] [[matha|monastic institution]] based in the town of [[Mayiladuthurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. As of 2019, there were a total of 27 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019">{{cite news |date=4 December 2019 |title=Head of ancient Dharumapuram Adheenam mutt in TN dies, aged 95 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114094208/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html |archive-date=14 January 2020}}</ref><br />
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==History and activities==<br />
The adheenam was founded during the 16th century, along with the [[Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam]] and the [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]], to spread the ideology of [[Suthaathvaitha Saiva-Siddhantham|Saiva Sidhantham]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints |jstor=601112 |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |last=Peterson |first=Indira V. |authorlink=Indira Viswanathan Peterson |year=1982 |volume=102 |issue=1 |pages=69–90 |doi=10.2307/601112 }}</ref>{{rp|82}} Dharumapuram mutt was founded by [[Thirugnana Sambanthar]].<br />
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The adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically the ''[[Thevaram (Tamil Shaivaite Hymns)|Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Arabic-Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka: Language as Mimicry |jstor=20840120 |first=M. M. M. |last=Mahroof |journal=Islamic Studies |volume=32 |issue=2 |year=1993|pages=169–189 }}</ref>{{rp|182}} [[Vaitheeswaran Koil]], near [[Sirkazhi]], is one of the temples the adheenam maintains.<ref>{{cite news |last=Krishnamurthy |first=R. |title=Succour for the sick |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm |date=18 May 2001 |work=The Hindu |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021113233106/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm |archive-date=13 November 2002}}</ref><br />
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[[Arunachala Kavi|Arunachala Kavirayar]] a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music in the 18th Century CE studied both [[Tamil Language|Tamil]] and [[Sanskrit]] in this adheenam. The head of Mutt was so pleased with Kavirayar and even considered making Arunchala as his successor. At 18, Kavirayar left the Mutt and Later composed the Famous Opera on the Epic [[Ramayana]] called as ''[[Rama Natakam]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/stream/dli.ministry.22549/JSNA%252847%252910-17_djvu.txt | title=Seerkazhi Arunachala Kavirayar and Rama Natakam | date=18 April 1978 | publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi }}</ref><br />
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The 26th [[acharya|Guru Maha Sannidhanam]] died on 4 December 2019, and was succeeded by Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal as the 27th Guru Maha Sannidhanam of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019" /><ref name="PTI2017">{{cite news |date=31 January 2017 |title=Successor to Dharmapuram Adheenam named |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 |magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413055226/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 |archive-date=13 April 2020}}</ref><br />
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[[File:DHARUMAI ADHEENAM 27TH GURUMAHA SANNITHANAM.jpg|thumb|27th Guru Maha Sannithnam Sri la Sri Kayilai Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Paramachariya Swamigal ]]<br />
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==Temples under Dharumapuram Adheenam==<br />
{{columns-list|<br />
* [[Vaitheeswaran Koil]]<br />
* [[Tiruppanantaal Arunajadeswarar Temple|Thiruppanantaal Arunajadeswarar Temple]]<br />
* [[Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple, Thirukkadaiyur]]<br />
* [[Veerateeswarar Temple, Thirupariyalur]]<br />
* [[Uthavedeeswarar Temple|Uthavedeeswarar Temple, Kuthalam]]<br />
* Thirunanriyur<br />
* [[Dharumapuram Yazhmoorinathar Temple|Yazhmoorinathar Temple, Thiru Dharumapuram, Karaikal]]<br />
* [[Aiyarappar Temple|Aiyarappar Temple, Thiruvayyaru]]<br />
* Manakuddi<br />
* Karunkuilnathanpettai <br />
* [[Tiruvilanagar Uchiravaneswarar Temple|Uchiravaneswarar Temple, Tiruvilanagar]]<br />
* [[Tirunallar Dharbaranyeswarar Temple|Dharbaranyeswarar Temple, Tirunallar]]<br />
* [[Swayambhunathaswamy Temple, Peralam]]<br />
* [[Kampaheswarar Temple, Thirubuvanam]]<br />
* [[Achalpuram Shivalokathyagar Temple|Shivalokathyagar Temple, Achalpuram]]<br />
* [[Veerateeswarar Temple, Korukkai|Veerateeswarar Temple, Tirukurukki]]<br />
* Mayiladuthurai (Sri Kasi Viswanathar Temple)<br />
* [[Uchira Vaneswarar Temple|Vallalar Temple, Mayiladuthurai]]<br />
* Mayiladuthurai (Kumara Kattalai)<br />
* [[Mullaivananathar Temple]], Thirumulaivoyal<br />
* [[Mahalingeswarar Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur]]<br />
* [[Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi]]<br />
* [[Uyyakondan Thirumalai Temple]]<br />
* Thalagnayar<br />
* [[Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Thirukkuvalai]]<br />
* [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur]] - Rajanga Kattalai<br />
* Dharumapuram<br />
* Dharumapuram (Gnanapuriswara Temple)<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://dial4college.com/college/dharmapuram-adinam-arts-college-nagapattinam-in--mayiladuthurai Dharmapuram Adheenam Arts College - Dial4College]<br />
* [https://mayiladuthurai.nic.in/public-utility/d-g-government-arts-college-for-women/ DG Govt Arts College for Women - Mayiladuthurai District Portal]<br />
* [https://www.gardencourtcambridge.in/other-institutions.html Garden Court Cambridge Institutions]<br />
* [https://www.gardencourtcambridge.in/school-management.html Garden Court Cambridge School Management]<br />
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