Semponarkoil Swarnapureeswarar Temple[1](செம்பொனார்கோவில் சுவர்ணபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்)is a Hindu temple located at Semponnarkoil in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India. This place is also called as Tiruchemponpalli.[2] The historical name of the place is Lakshmipuri and Indirapuri.The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Swarnapureeswarar. His consort is known as Suguntha Kundalambikai.[3]
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 Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar.[3]
Literary mention
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[4]
வானார் திங்கள் வளர்புன் சடைவைத்துத்
தேனார் செம்பொன் பள்ளி மேவிய
ஊனார் தலையிற் பலிகொண் டுழல்வாழ்க்கைஆனான் கழலே யடைந்து வாழ்மினே.
Gallery
Temple
Vimana of the presiding deity
Vimana of the Goddess
References
- ↑ "Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple". dinamalar temples. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ↑ Swarnapureesar Temple, Tiruchemponpalli (Sembonaar Kovil)
- 1 2 Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple
- ↑ Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 25:8
External links
- "Sri Swarnapureeswarar temple". Dinamalar.
- "Swarnapureesar Temple, Tiruchemponpalli (Sembonaar Kovil)". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.