Tirukattupalli Aranyeswarar Temple

Tirukattupalli Aranyeswarar Temple (திருக்காட்டுப்பள்ளி ஆரண்யேஸ்வரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Keezhai Tirukattupalli in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India.^[1] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Aranyeswarar. His consort is known as Akhilandeswari.

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. The Devas are believed to have worshipped Shiva in this temple.^[2]

Literary mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:^[3]

பிறையுடை யான்பெரி யோர்கள்பெம்மான் பெய்கழ னாடொறும் பேணியேத்த

மறையுடை யான்மழு வாளுடையான் வார்தரு மால்கடல் நஞ்சமுண்ட
கறையுடை யான்கன லாடுகண்ணாற் காமனைக் காய்ந்தவன் காட்டுப்பள்ளிக்

குறையுடை யான்குறட் பூதச்செல்வன் குரைகழ லேகைகள் கூப்பினோமே.

References

^ Sri Aranyeswarar temple
^ Ayyar, P. V. Jagadisa (1993). South Indian Shrines: Illustrated (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Asian Educational Service. p. 244. ISBN 81-206-0151-3.
^ Gnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 5: 8

External links

"Sri Aranyeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
"AranyaSundareswarar Temple, KeezhaiTirukattupalli". Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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[1] Sri Aranyeswarar temple

[Ayyar-2] Ayyar, P. V. Jagadisa (1993). South Indian Shrines: Illustrated (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Asian Educational Service. p. 244. ISBN 81-206-0151-3.

[3] Gnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 5: 8

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