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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Hindu temple in Karaikkal, Pondicherry, India}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}<br /> [[File:Karaikkaldharmapuramyalmurinathartemple1.jpg|200x200px|right|The main entrance of the temple|thumb]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Dharumapuram Yazhmoorinathar Temple&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;ref name=&quot;dinamalar&quot;&gt;{{Cite web<br /> |url= https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=137<br /> |title= Sri Yazh Moori Nathar temple<br /> |work=Dinamalar temples<br /> |access-date=8 August 2015<br /> }}&lt;/ref&gt; (in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] : {{Lang|ta|தருமபுரம் யாழ்மூரிநாதர் கோயில்}}&lt;ref name=&quot;ta.wikipedia.org&quot;&gt;[[:ta:தருமபுரம் யாழ்மூரிநாதர் கோயில்]]&lt;/ref&gt;) is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Dharmapuram near [[Karaikal]], an [[Enclave and exclave|enclave]] of the [[Union Territory of Puducherry|Union Territory of Pondicherry]], in Southern [[India]].&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc051.php Dharmapureeswarar Temple, Tirudharmapuram]&lt;/ref&gt; The presiding deity is [[Shiva]], called as Yazh Moori Nathar. His consort is known as Thenamirthavalli.&lt;ref name=&quot;dm&quot;&gt; [https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=137 Sri Yazh Moori Nathar temple] &lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Significance ==<br /> {{Multiple image|caption_align=center|header_align=center<br /> |align=left<br /> | total_width = 350<br /> | width1 = 2530 | height1 = 1536<br /> | width2 = 2530 | height2 = 1536<br /> |direction=horizontal<br /> |image1=Karaikkaldharmapuramyalmurinathartemple2.jpg<br /> |image2=Karaikkaldharmapuramyalmurinathartemple3.jpg<br /> |footer=Front mandapa, Amman shrine<br /> |footer_align=center<br /> }}<br /> 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 &#039;&#039;[[Tevaram]]&#039;&#039; poems by the Tamil Saivite [[Nayanars|&#039;&#039;Nayanar&#039;&#039;]] [[Tirugnanasambandar]].&lt;ref name=&quot;dm&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> == Literary mention ==<br /> Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:&lt;ref&gt; Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 136:5&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> {{cquote|நேரும வர்க்குணரப் புகி லில்லைநெ டுஞ்சடைக் கடும் புனல் படந் திடம் படுவ்வதொர் நிலையர்&lt;br&gt;<br /> பேரும வர்க்கெனையா யிர முன்னைப்பி றப்பிறப் பிலா தவருடற் றடர்த் தபெற்றியா ரறிவார்&lt;br&gt;<br /> ஆர வர்க்கழல்வா யதொர் நாகம ழஃகுறவ் வெழுஃ கொழும் மலர் கொள்பொன் னிதழிநல் லலங்கல்&lt;br&gt;<br /> தாரம வர்க்கிமவான் மக ளூர்வது போர்விடை கடிபடு செடி பொழிற் றருமபு ரம்பதியே.}}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * {{cite web|title= Sri Yazh Moori Nathar temple |url= https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=137 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br /> * {{cite web|title= Dharmapureeswarar Temple, Tirudharmapuram<br /> |url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc051.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br /> <br /> {{coord missing|Puducherry}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Shiva temples in Puducherry]]<br /> [[Category:Padal Petra Stalam]]</div>

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