Thiruengoimalai Maragadachaleswarar Temple
The temple atop the hill
Thiruengoimalai Maragadachaleswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Eengoimalai in Trichy district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Maragadachaleswarar and Eengoinathar. His consort is Maragadambikai.
Significance
It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar.
Literary Mention
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[1]
| “ | வினையாயின தீர்த்(து)அருளே புரியும் விகிர்தன் விரிகொன்றை நனையார் முடிமேல் மதியஞ் சூடுநம்பா நலமல்கு |
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References
- ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 70: 7
- "Sri Maragadachaleswarar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Maragathachalar Temple, Tiruveengoimalai". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.
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