Vilamal Pathanchali Manoharar Temple Explained

Vilamal Pathanchali Manoharar Temple
State:	Tamil Nadu
District:	Tiruvarur
Location:	Vilamal in Tiruvarur district
Deity:	Lord Shiva

Vilamal Pathanchali Manoharar Temple^[1] (Tamil: விளமல் பதஞ்சலி மனோகரர் கோயில்)^[2] is a Hindu temple located at Vilamal in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.^[3] The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Pathanchali Manoharar. His consort, Parvati, is known as Yazhinum Menmozhiyaal.^[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 Pathanchali Manoharar temple. Dinamalar.
• Web site: Pathanjali Manoharar Temple, Tiruvilamar. Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sri Pathanchali Manoharar temple. Dinamalar temples. 16 August 2015.
2. [:ta: விளமல் பதஞ்சலி மனோகரர் கோயில்]
3. Web site: Sri Pathanchali Manoharar temple. Dinamalar. 16 August 2015.
4. http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc090.php Pathanjali Manoharar Temple, Tiruvilamar
5. Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III:88:9