Mehanadhar Temple | |
Map Type: | India Tamil Nadu |
Coordinates: | 10.9628°N 79.6472°W |
Native Name: | Lalithambika temple |
Country: | India |
State: | Tamil Nadu |
District: | Thiruvarur |
Location: | Tirumeichur |
Deity: | Mehanathar (Shiva) Lalithambika (Parvathi) |
Architecture: | Dravidian architecture |
Tirumeeyachur Mehanadhar Temple (திருமீயச்சூர் மேகநாதர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Thirumeeyachur in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Meganathaswami. His consort is known as Lalithambika.[2]
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.[2] Tirumeeyachur Ilamkovil Sakalabhuvaneswarar Temple is also located on this temple's premises.
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[3]