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112. Tiruvettakkudi Sundareshwarar Temple
Paadal Petra Sthalams
The temple is praised in the Thevaram hymns of saint Tirungnanasambandar. This is the 49th Temple on the southern bank of Cauvery.
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Sundareshwarar, Shantha Nayaki

Tiruvettakkudi Sundareshwarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Tiruvettakudi in Pondicherry, India.The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Sundareshwarar. His consort is known as Shantha Nayaki.

 

Vimanas of the presiding deity and the consort

 

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.

 

 

 

Literary mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:

அருமறைநான் முகத்தானு மகலிடநீ ரேற்றானும்

இருவருமா யளப்பரிய வெரியுருவாய் நீண்டபிரான்
வருபுனலின் மணியுந்தி மறிதிரையார் சுடர்ப்பவளத்

திருவுருவில் வெண்ணீற்றார் திருவேட்டக் குடியாரே.

 

Timings

 

The temple is open from 6.00 a.m. to 12.00 a.m. and from 4.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m..

Contact

 

XRMQ+FWV, Thiruvettakudy, Puducherry 609609

Phone: +91- 4368 - 265 693, 265 691, 98940 51753.

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