Semponarkoil Swarnapureeswarar Temple
Semponarkoil Swarnapureeswarar Temple[1](செம்பொனார்கோவில் சுவர்ணபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்)is a Hindu temple located at Semponnarkoil in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India. This place is also called as Tiruchemponpalli.[2] The historical name of the place is Lakshmipuri and Indirapuri.The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Swarnapureeswarar. His consort is known as Suguntha Kundalambikai.[3]
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 Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar.[3]
Literary mention[]
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[4]
வானார் திங்கள் வளர்புன் சடைவைத்துத்
தேனார் செம்பொன் பள்ளி மேவிய
ஊனார் தலையிற் பலிகொண் டுழல்வாழ்க்கை
ஆனான் கழலே யடைந்து வாழ்மினே.
Gallery[]
Temple
Vimana of the presiding deity
Vimana of the Goddess
References[]
- ^ "Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple". dinamalar temples. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ Swarnapureesar Temple, Tiruchemponpalli (Sembonaar Kovil)
- ^ a b Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple
- ^ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 25:8
External links[]
- "Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Swarnapureesar Temple, Tiruchemponpalli (Sembonaar Kovil)". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.
- Shiva temples in Mayiladuthurai district
- Padal Petra Stalam
- Tamil Nadu Hindu temple stubs