Uchira Vaneswarar , Veyuru Tholi Ammai
Tiruvilanagar Uchiravaneswarar Temple is a Hindu temple located at Tiruvila Nagar in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Uchira Vaneswarar. His consort is known as Veyuru Tholi Ammai.
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:
பன்னினார்மறை பாடினார் பாயசீர்ப்பழங் காவிரித்
துன்னுதண்டுறை முன்னினார் தூநெறிபெறு வாரெனச்
சென்னிதிங்களைப் பொங்கராக் கங்கையோடுடன் சேர்த்தினார்
மின்னுபொன்புரி நூலினார் மேயதுவிள நகரதே.
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 Thirugnana sambandar.
As the region was densely covered by the Vizhal grass, the place was named Vizhar Nagar which later changed as Vilar Nagar. When Saint Tirugnana Sambandar was on a pilgrimage to Kadaimudi and Mayiladuthurai, he could not proceed further due to heavy floods in Cauvery. The Saint was seeking somebody to show the way (thurai kattudhal), Lord came in the guise of a hunter and helped the saint.