Seeyathamangai Ayavandeeswarar Temple [1] ( Tamil: சீயாத்தமங்கை அயவந்தீசுவரர் கோயில்) [2] is a Hindu temple located at Seeyathamangai in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India. [3] Seeyathamangai is also written as Siyathamangai and Tiruchaathamangai. The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Ayavantheeswarar. [4] His consort, Parvati, is known as Malarkkannammai. [3]
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] It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Appar. [5] [6]
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as: [7]
கங்கையோர் வார்சடைமே லடை யப்புடை யேகமழும்
மங்கையோ டொன்றிநின்றம் மதிதான் சொல் லாவதொன்றே
சங்கையில் லாமறையோ ரவர் தாந்தொழு சாத்தமங்கை
அங்கையிற் சென்னைவைத்தா யயவந்தி யமர்ந்தவனே.
Seeyathamangai Ayavandeeswarar Temple [1] ( Tamil: சீயாத்தமங்கை அயவந்தீசுவரர் கோயில்) [2] is a Hindu temple located at Seeyathamangai in Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu, India. [3] Seeyathamangai is also written as Siyathamangai and Tiruchaathamangai. The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Ayavantheeswarar. [4] His consort, Parvati, is known as Malarkkannammai. [3]
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] It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Appar. [5] [6]
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as: [7]
கங்கையோர் வார்சடைமே லடை யப்புடை யேகமழும்
மங்கையோ டொன்றிநின்றம் மதிதான் சொல் லாவதொன்றே
சங்கையில் லாமறையோ ரவர் தாந்தொழு சாத்தமங்கை
அங்கையிற் சென்னைவைத்தா யயவந்தி யமர்ந்தவனே.