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<div>{{Short description|Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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[[File:Tirukkurukavur velladainathar temple.JPG|thumb|Temple entrance]]<br />
'''Velladainatha Swami Temple''' is a [[Hindu temple]] situated in the village of [[Thirukkarukavur]] in the [[Mayiladuthurai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<br />
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== Legend ==<br />
Thirukarugavur is believed to be the place when the [[Saivite]] saint [[Sundarar]] was purified of the sin of killing [[Jainism|Jains]] who lost in debate with him. The temple tank in front of the temple is believed to turn white during new moon day of [[Tamil calendar|Tamil month]] of Thai (January - February).<ref name=Ayyar>{{cite book|title=South Indian Shrines: Illustrated|page=244|last=Ayyar|first=P. V. Jagadisa|publisher=Asian Educational Service|year=1993|isbn=81-206-0151-3|edition=2nd|location=New Delhi}}</ref><br />
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== Significance ==<br />
It is one of the shrines of the 275 [[Paadal Petra Sthalams]] - [[Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu#Sthalams|Shiva Sthalams]] glorified in the early medieval ''[[Tevaram]]'' poems by Tamil Saivite [[Nayanars|Nayanar]] [[Tirugnanasambandar]] and [[Sundarar]]<br />
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== Deity ==<br />
The presiding deity is Somaskanda. The goddess is Kaviaganni. There are shrines to [[Ganesha]], [[Durga]], [[Murugan]] and his consorts [[Valli]] and [[Deivayanai]].<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite web|title=Velladainatha Swami Temple|publisher=[[Dinamalar]]|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=223}}<br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Nagapattinam district]]<br />
[[Category:Padal Petra Stalam]]<br />
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