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Sivakozhundeesvarar Temple, Theerthanagiri

Shiva temple at Theerthanagiri in Cuddalore district, praised by the saint Sundarar in the Tevaram

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01 — The story

Sivakozhundeesvarar Temple is a Hindu temple in the village of Theerthanagiri, also written Tirttanakiri, in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu. Its presiding deity is Shiva, known here as Shivakozhundhu Easwarar, and his consort is worshipped as Oppila Nayaki.

The temple is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams, the Shiva shrines celebrated in the Tevaram, a collection of early medieval Tamil devotional poems by the Saivite saints called Nayanars. Its mention there comes from the hymns of Sundarar.

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02 — About

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