Cherugudi Sukshmapureeswarar Temple Explained

Sukshmapureeswarar Temple
Coordinates:	10.9653°N 79.5869°W
Country:	India
State:	Tamil Nadu
District:	Thiruvarur
Location:	Thiruchirukudi
Deity:	Sukshmapureeswarar (Shiva)
Architecture:	Dravidian architecture

Cherugudi Sukshmapureeswarar Temple^[1] (செருகுடி சூட்சுமபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்^[2] ])is a Hindu temple located at Cherugudi in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.^[3] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Sukshma Pureeswarar. His consort is known as Mangala Nayaki.^[4]

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.^[4]

Literary mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:^[5]

External links

• Web site: Sri Sukshma Pureeswarar temple. Dinamalar.
• Web site: Mangaleswarar Temple, Sirukudi . Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sri Sukshma Pureeswarar temple. Dinamalar temples. 8 August 2015.
2. [:ta:செருகுடி சூட்சுமபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்]
3. http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc060.php Mangaleswarar Temple, Sirukudi
4. https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=340 Sri Sukshma Pureeswarar temple
5. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 97:11