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'''Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam''' is a [[Saivite]] [[Matha|mutt]] based in the town of [[Thiruvaduthurai]] in [[Kuthalam taluk]] of [[Mayiladuthurai district|Mayiladuthurai District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="1961censusp7">{{cite book|title=Census of India, 1981: Tamil Nadu|page=7|publisher=Controller of Publications|year=1962}}</ref> The adheenam maintains the [[Mayuranathaswami Temple, Mayiladuthurai|Mayuranathaswami temple]] at [[Mayiladuthurai]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} As of 1987, there were a total of 15 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.<ref name="unfinishedp170">{{cite book|title=Tamil Nadu: an unfinished task|pages=170|author=M. Thangaraj|isbn=978-0-7619-9780-1|publisher=SAGE|year=2003}}</ref><br />
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==Activities==<br />
The Adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship. Some of the prominent Tamil literary personalities like [[Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai]] had their tutorship in the Adheenam. His disciple [[U V Swaminatha Iyer]], who published many Tamil classical texts also was associated with the organization.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Arabic-Tamil In South India And Sri Lanka: Language As Mimicry|jstor= 20840120|page=182|last=M.M.M.|first=Mahroof|journal=Islamic Studies|volume=32|issue=2|year=1993}}</ref> The Adheenam along with [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]] and [[Dharmapuram Adheenam]] were founded during the 16th century to spread the ideology of Saiva Sidhantam.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints|jstor=601112|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|last=Peterson|first=Indira V.|year=1982|volume=102|issue=1|page=82}}</ref><br />
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[[C. Rajagopalachari|Rajaji]] was an ardent follower of this adheenam<br />
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