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Abirameswarar , Manonmani Amman

Abirameswarar Temple&nbsp;(also called&nbsp;Thiruvamathur Temple) is a&nbsp;Hindu temple&nbsp;dedicated to the deity&nbsp;Shiva, located in&nbsp;thiruvamaathur, a village in&nbsp;Viluppuram district&nbsp;in the&nbsp;South Indian&nbsp;state of&nbsp;Tamil Nadu. Shiva is worshiped as Abirameswarar, and is represented by the&nbsp;lingam. His consort&nbsp;Parvati&nbsp;is depicted as Manonmani Amman. The temple is located on the Chennai - Villupuram highway. The presiding deity is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the&nbsp;Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the&nbsp;nayanmars&nbsp;and classified as&nbsp;Paadal Petra Sthalam.

The temple complex covers an area of two acres and all its shrines are enclosed with concentric rectangular walls. The temple has a number of shrines, with those of Abirameswarar being the most prominent. There is a temple opposite to the premises that houses the shrine of Muthamman, the consort of Abirameswarar.

The twin temples located opposite to each other

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The temple has three daily rituals at various times from 6:00&nbsp;a.m. to 8:30&nbsp;p.m., and many yearly festivals on its calendar. Sivaratri festival during the&nbsp;Tamil month&nbsp;of&nbsp;Masi&nbsp;(February&ndash;March) and Navaratri during the month of&nbsp;Purattasi&nbsp;(September - October) are the most prominent festivals celebrated in the temple.

The original complex is believed to have been built by&nbsp;Cholas.And Main temple was built by Atchudevaraya of Vijayanagar king. In modern times, the temple is maintained and administered by the&nbsp;Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Government of Tamil Nadu.

Puranam

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As per&nbsp;Hindu&nbsp;legend, during the original creation, cows were without horns and all the other predators were troubling them. They prayed to Shiva to provide them horns.

Shiva was pleased with the devotion and offered them horns. Since cows (called&nbsp;aa&nbsp;in&nbsp;Tamil) got horns at this place, it came to be known as&nbsp;Thiruamathur. The presiding image of lingam is sported holding the hooves of cow. As per another legend, the image of Ambal is sported with the tail of snake.

There is a small hole in the wall between the shrines of Shiva and Parvathi located in opposite shrines through which the deities see each other.

The original structure is believed to be existent from time immemorial, while the later additions are believed to have been built by Cholas, Pallavas, and the main temple was built by Atchudevaraya of Vijayanagar Dynasty.

There are inscriptions from later&nbsp;Chola&nbsp;emperors like&nbsp;Rajaraja Chola I&nbsp;(985&ndash;1014),&nbsp;Kulothunga Chola I&nbsp;(1070&ndash;1120),[3]&nbsp;and&nbsp;Rajendra Chola III&nbsp;(1246&ndash;1279).

&nbsp;Rajanarayana Sambuvaraya was a chieftain of&nbsp;Medieval Cholas&nbsp;whose contributions are documented in lithic inscriptions across various temples in modern-day&nbsp;Villupuram,&nbsp;Cuddalore,&nbsp;Tiruvannamalai&nbsp;and&nbsp;Kanchipuram&nbsp;districts and also in his&nbsp;Sanskrit&nbsp;work&nbsp;Madhuravijayam.

He repaired, revived the services and inaugurated festivals of the temple

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Varnam

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Sevas/Festivals

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It is one of the shrines of the 275&nbsp;Paadal Petra Sthalams&nbsp;-&nbsp;Shiva Sthalams&nbsp;glorified in the early medieval&nbsp;Tevaram&nbsp;poems by Tamil Saivite&nbsp;Nayanars&nbsp;Appar. Appar is believed to have visited the temple during the series of visits from&nbsp;Thiruvennainallur&nbsp;to&nbsp;Thirukovilur&nbsp;and&nbsp;Pennadam.[6]&nbsp;Rama, an&nbsp;avatar&nbsp;and hero of&nbsp;Ramayana&nbsp;is believed to have purified himself of the sin of killing&nbsp;Ravana&nbsp;by worshipping Shiva at this place.

The image of Shiva is believed to have been self manifested. The image of Muthamai is believed to have been installed by&nbsp;Adi Sankaracharya. It is also believed to be the place where&nbsp;Muruga&nbsp;attained the&nbsp;Vel, his weapon from&nbsp;Parvathi&nbsp;to kill the demon Surapadma. The presiding deity has been worshipped by various celestial deities.&nbsp;Arunagirinathar&nbsp;has sung praises about Muruga in the temple.

The temple priests perform the&nbsp;puja&nbsp;(rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. The temple rituals are performed three times a day;&nbsp;Kalasanthi&nbsp;at 8:00&nbsp;a.m.,&nbsp;Uchikalam&nbsp;at 11:30&nbsp;a.m. and&nbsp;Sayarakshai&nbsp;at 5:00&nbsp;p.m. Each ritual comprises four steps:&nbsp;abhisheka&nbsp;(sacred bath),&nbsp;alangaram&nbsp;(decoration),&nbsp;naivethanam&nbsp;(food offering) and&nbsp;deepa aradanai&nbsp;(waving of lamps) for Abirameswarar and Muthambigai.

There are weekly rituals like&nbsp;somavaram&nbsp;(Monday) and&nbsp;sukravaram&nbsp;(Friday), fortnightly rituals like&nbsp;pradosham, and monthly festivals like&nbsp;amavasai&nbsp;(new moon day),&nbsp;kiruthigai,&nbsp;pournami&nbsp;(full moon day) and&nbsp;sathurthi. Sivaratri festival during the&nbsp;Tamil month&nbsp;of&nbsp;Masi&nbsp;(February&ndash;March) and Navaratri during the month of&nbsp;Purattasi&nbsp;(September - October) are the most prominent festivals celebrated in the temple.

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Festive images on the roof of the sanctum

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