Dharumapuram Yazhmoorinathar Temple[1] (in Tamil : Template:Lang[2]) is a Hindu temple located at Dharmapuram near Karaikal, an enclave of the Union Territory of Pondicherry, in Southern India.[3] The presiding deity is Shiva, called as Yazh Moori Nathar. His consort is known as Thenamirthavalli.[4]
Significance
Template:Multiple image It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by the Tamil Saivite Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar.[4]
Literary mention
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[5] Template:Cquote
References
- ↑ Sri Yazh Moori Nathar temple. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ ta:தருமபுரம் யாழ்மூரிநாதர் கோயில்
- ↑ Dharmapureeswarar Temple, Tirudharmapuram
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sri Yazh Moori Nathar temple
- ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 136:5
External links
- Sri Yazh Moori Nathar temple. Dinamalar.
- Dharmapureeswarar Temple, Tirudharmapuram. Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.