Kurumanakkudi Kannayiram Udayar Temple

Kurumanakkudi Kannayiram Udayar Temple(குறுமாணக்குடி கண்ணாயிரமுடையார் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Kurumanakkudi in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India. This temple is also known as Kannarkovil. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Kannayiram Udayar and Kannayiranathar. His consort is Murugu Valar Kothai Naayaki.

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. It is believed that Vishnu in the form of Vamana, is believed to have worshipped Shiva at this place.^[1]

References

^ Ayyar, P. V. Jagadisa (1993). South Indian Shrines: Illustrated (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Asian Educational Service. p. 245. ISBN 81-206-0151-3.

External links

"Sri Kutram Poruttha Naathar temple". Dinamalar.
"KutramporuthaNathar Temple, Tirukaruppariyalur". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

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[Ayyar-1] Ayyar, P. V. Jagadisa (1993). South Indian Shrines: Illustrated (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Asian Educational Service. p. 245. ISBN 81-206-0151-3.

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