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Semmeninathar, Sivayoganayaki
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Tirukkaanoor Semmeninathar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Thirukanur in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. The historical name of the place is Tirukanurpatti. The place is also called as Manalmedu.
The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Semmeninathar. His consort is known as Sivayoganayaki.
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. The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the northern banks of River Kaveri.
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:
விண்ணார்திங்கட் கண்ணிவெள்ளை மர்லை யதுசூடித் தண்ணாரக்கோ டாமைபூண்டு தழைபுன் சடைதாழ எண்ணாவந்தெ னில்புகுந்தங்
Tirunavukkarasar describes the feature of the deity as:
நீரும் பாரும் நெருப்பும் அருக்கனும் காரும் மாருதங் கானூர் முளைத்தவன் சேர்வு மொன்றறி யாது திசைதிசை ஓர்வு மென்றில ரோடித் திரிவரே.
The temple is open from 10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. and from 3.30 p.m. and 5.00 p.m
Sri Semmeninathar, Karumbeswarar Temple – Tirukanur,Tirukanurpatti
Phone number: 04362 320067