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[[File:Ambar brahmapurisvarar temple1.jpg|200x200px|right|The entrance of the temple|thumb]]
''' Ambal Brahmapureeswarar Temple'''<ref name="dinamalar">{{Cite web
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=964
|title= Sri Brahmapureeswarar temple
|work=Dinamalar temples
|accessdate=8 August 2015
}}</ref>(அம்பல் பிரமபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்)<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:அம்பல் பிரமபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Ambal in [[Tiruvarur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. Now the place is known as Koilpatthu.<ref>[http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc054.php Brahmapureesar Temple, Ambar Perunthirukovil]</ref> The presiding deity is [[Shiva]]. He is called as Brahmapureeswarar. His consort is known as Poonkuzhalammai. The historical name of the place is Punnakavanam.<ref name="dm">[http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=964 Sri Brahmapureeswarar temple]</ref> Shiva is worshipped as Brahmapureeswarar and his consort [[Parvathi]] as Poonguzhalammai. Ampal Brahmapureeswarar is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the ''Tevaram'', written by Tamil saint poets known as the [[Nayanmars]] and classified as ''[[Paadal Petra Sthalam]]'', the 275 temples revered in the canon. The temple is believed to be the last among the sixty ''maadakoil'' built by [[Kochengat Chola]].

The temple has a three-tiered ''raja[[gopuram]]'', the entrance tower and all the shrines are enclosed in rectangular walls. The temple has four daily rituals at various times from 6:00 a.m. to 8 p.m., and three yearly festivals on its calendar, namely Margazhi Tiruvathirai during the [[Tamil calendar|Tamil month]] of ''Margazhi'' (December - January), Kodabisheakam during ''Chittirai'' (April - May) and Aipassi Annabishekam during ''Aippassi'' (October - November) being the most prominent. The temple is maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Endowment Board of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

==Legend==
As per Hindu legend, [[Brahma]], one of the trinities in Hindu mythology, worshipped [[Shiva]] in the temple to regain his original form. He was earlier cursed by Shiva to be a swan. Brahma is believed to been propitiated from his curse, after have taken a holy dip in Annam Poigai, the temple tank, before worshipping Shiva. As per another legend, [[Vinayaga]] in the temple is known as Patikkacupu Pillayar as he is believed to have offered a ''padi'' (a measuring tool) to the ruling king of the region named Nantan during a famine. The deity is also believed to have been worshiped by [[Manmatha]], the cupid.<ref name=R/>

== Significance ==
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]].<ref name=R>{{cite book|title=An introduction to religion and Philosophy - Tévarám and Tivviyappirapantam|last=R.|first=Dr. Vijayalakshmy|publisher=International Institute of Tamil Studies| location=Chennai|year=2001|edition=1st|ref=R.|pages=111–2}}</ref>

== Literary mention ==
[[File: Ambar brahmapurisvarar temple2.jpg|left|100x150px|thumb|Vimana of the presiding deity]]
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:<ref>Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 19:5</ref>
{{cquote|சங்கணி குழையினர் சாமம் பாடுவர்<br>
வெங்கனல் கனல்தர வீசி யாடுவர்<br>
அங்கணி விழவமர் அம்பர் மாநகர்ச்<br>
செங்கண்நல் இறைசெய்த கோயில் சேர்வரே.}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{cite web|title= Sri Brahmapureeswarar temple |url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=964 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}
* {{cite web|title= Brahmapureesar Temple, Ambar Perunthirukovil
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc054.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}

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[[Category:Shiva temples in Tiruvarur district]]
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