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Adding local short description: "Navagraha temple in Tamil Nadu", overriding Wikidata description "temple in India" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Navagraha temple in Tamil Nadu}}
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{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Agniswarar Temple
| image = File:Kanjanur Sukkiran Temple.jpg
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| map_type = India Tamil Nadu
| map_caption = Location in [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| native_name =
| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| district = [[Thanjavur district|Thanjavur]]
| location = Kanjanur
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| deity = Agniswarar([[Shiva]])
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| temple_tank = Agni [[Theertham]], Parasara [[Theertham]]
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The '''Agniswarar Temple''' (கஞ்சனூர் அக்கினீஸ்வரர் கோயில்)<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:கஞ்சனூர் அக்கினீஸ்வரர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a [[Hindu]] temple in the village of [[Kanjanur]], 18 kilometres north-east of [[Kumbakonam]]. The presiding deity is [[Shukra|Sukra]] ([[Venus]]). However, the main idol in the temple is that of "Agniswarar" or [[Shiva]]. In concordance with the Saivite belief that Shiva is all-pervading, Sukra is believed to be located within the stomach of the idol of Shiva.

==The temple==
The temple was built by the [[Medieval Cholas]] and renovated by the kings of the [[Vijayanagar Empire]]. The temple has a 5-tier raja[[gopuram]] surrounded by two ''[[prakarams]]'' (closed precincts of a temple). The temple is revered by the verses of [[Appar]] and hence referred as [[Padal petra stalam]]. It is one of the shrines of the [[Vaippu Sthalam|Vaippu Sthalams]] sung by Tamil Saivite [[Nayanars|Nayanar]] [[Appar]].

==Legend==
Legend is that Siva blessed Parasara muni (sage) here with cosmic dance. It is believed that Shiva appeared in the form of Sukra to propitiate himself off the dosha of Sukran.<ref name=Meena>{{cite book|title=Temples in South India|last=V.|first=Meena|publisher=Harikumar Arts|location=Kanniyakumari|year=1974|edition=1st|page=32}}</ref> The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the northern banks of [[River Kaveri]].<ref name=Ka>{{cite book|title=River cauvery the most battl(r)ed|last=Ka. Vi.|first=Kannan|page=42|publisher=Notion Press|year=2019|isbn=9781684666041|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CGFDwAAQBAJ&q=thiruvavaduthurai}}</ref>

==Navagraha==
The temple is one of the nine Navagraha temples of Tamil Nadu and is a part of the popular Navagraha pilgrimage in the state - it houses the image of [[Shukra|Sukra]] (Venus).<ref>{{cite book|title=Jothirlingam: The Indian Temple Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CE55CgAAQBAJ&q=thiruvenkadu|page=92|publisher=Partridge Publishing|author=Suriya|year=2015|isbn=9781482847864}}</ref><ref name="TN">{{cite web|title=Navagraha temples |url=http://www.thanjavur.tn.nic.in/navagrahas_m.html |publisher=Thanjavur District Administration |access-date=2013-07-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112023302/http://www.thanjavur.tn.nic.in/navagrahas_m.html |archive-date=2013-11-12 }}</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==
* {{cite book|title=Yatra2Yatra|author=Sanjay Singh|publisher=Yatra2Yatra|page=251|year=2009}}
* {{cite book|title=Tourist Guide to Tamil Nadu|year=2010|publisher=Sura Books|pages=85–86|isbn=978-81-7478-177-2}}
* {{cite web|title= Kanjanur|url= http://www.tamilvu.org/slet/l41C4/l41C4pd2.jsp?bookid=120&part=IV&pno=36 |publisher=TUV}}
* [https://shaivam.org/temples-of-lord-shiva/moovar-thevara-vaippu-thalangal Muvar Thevara Vaippu Thalangal, மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், akkIcharam, Sl.No.1 of 139 temples]
* [http://www.shivatemples.com/vt/vtlist1.php Shiva Temples, தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், அக்கீச்சுரம், Sl.No.3 of 133 temples, page1]
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Thanjavur district]]
[[Category:Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Padal Petra Stalam]]

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>Whiteguru: Adding local short description: "Navagraha temple in Tamil Nadu", overriding Wikidata description "temple in India" (Shortdesc helper)