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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox temple<br />
| name = Sukshmapureeswarar Temple<br />
| image = Thirusirukudi3.jpg<br />
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| map_type = <!-- India Tamil Nadu --><br />
| map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10|57|55|N|79|35|13|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| district = [[Tiruvarur district|Thiruvarur]]<br />
| location = Thiruchirukudi<br />
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| deity = Sukshmapureeswarar ([[Shiva]])<br />
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| architecture = [[Dravidian architecture]]<br />
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'''Cherugudi Sukshmapureeswarar Temple'''<ref name="dinamalar">{{Cite web<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=340<br />
|title= Sri Sukshma Pureeswarar temple|work=Dinamalar temples<br />
|accessdate=8 August 2015<br />
}}</ref><br />
(செருகுடி சூட்சுமபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்<br />
<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:செருகுடி சூட்சுமபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்]]</ref>])is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Cherugudi in [[Tiruvarur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>[http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc060.php Mangaleswarar Temple, Sirukudi]</ref> The presiding deity is [[Shiva]]. He is called as Sukshma Pureeswarar. His consort is known as Mangala Nayaki.<ref name="dm">[http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=340 Sri Sukshma Pureeswarar temple]</ref><br />
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== Significance ==<br />
[[File:Thirusirukudi1.jpg|200x200px|left|thumb|Image of the gopuram, the gateway tower]]<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]].<ref name="dm"/><br />
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== Literary mention ==<br />
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:<ref>Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 97:11</ref> <br />
{{cquote|தேனமர் பொழிலணி சிறுகுடி மேவிய<br /><br />
மானமர் கரமுடை யீரே<br /><br />
மானமர் கரமுடை யீருமை வாழ்த்திய<br /><br />
ஞானசம் பந்தன தமிழே.}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Sukshma Pureeswarar temple|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=340 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Mangaleswarar Temple, Sirukudi<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc060.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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{{commons category|Cherugudi Sukshmapureeswarar Temple}}<br />
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==Photogallery==<br />
<gallery class="center"><br />
File:Sirukudi sutchumapurisvarartemple1.jpg|Main gopura<br />
File:Sirukudi sutchumapurisvarartemple2.jpg|Vimana of the presiding deity<br />
File:Sirukudi sutchumapurisvarartemple3.jpg|Vimana of the Goddess<br />
File:Sirukudi sutchumapurisvarartemple4.jpg|Prakara<br />
File:Sirukudi sutchumapurisvarartemple5.jpg|Shrine of [[Mangala|Angaraka]]<br />
File:Sirukudi sutchumapurisvarartemple6.jpg|Tank in front of the temple<br />
</gallery><br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Tiruvarur district]]<br />
[[Category:Padal Petra Stalam]]</div>
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