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	{{Short description\|Hindu monastery in Tamil Nadu, India}}		{{Short description\|Hindu monastery in Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, India}}
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	{{Use Indian English\|date=April 2020}}		{{Use Indian English\|date=April 2020}}
	{{Infobox organization		{{Infobox organization
	\| name = ~~Dharmapuram Aadheenam~~		\| name = Dharumapuram Adheenam
	\| founder = Guru Gnanasambhandhar		\| founder = Guru Gnanasambhandhar
	\| type = Religious		\| type = Religious
	\| location = [[Mayiladuthurai]], Tamil Nadu, India		\| location = [[Mayiladuthurai]], Tamil Nadu, India
	\| leader_title = First Adheenam		\| coordinates = {{coord\|11.1041\|N\|79.6733\|E}}
	\| leader_name = Guru Gnanasambhandhar		\| leader_title = First Adheenam
	\| leader_title2 = Present Adheenam		\| leader_name = Guru Gnanasambhandhar
	\| leader_name2 = Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal		\| leader_title2 = Present Adheenam
	\| affiliations = [[Hinduism]], [[Shaivism]]		\| leader_name2 = Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Parmachariya Swamigal
	\| website = ~~http~~://~~www.dharmapuramadheenam~~.~~org~~/		\| affiliations = [[Hinduism]], [[Shaivism]]
	\| image = Dharmapuram Adheenam HeadQuarters.jpg		\| website = https://dharumaiadheenam.in/
	\|caption = ~~Dharmapuram~~ Adheenam ~~Headquarters, Dharmapuram, Mayiladuthurai~~		\| image = Dharmapuram Adheenam HeadQuarters.jpg
			\| caption = Dharumapuram Adheenam headquarters
	}}		}}

	'''~~Dharmapuram Aadheenam~~''' is a [[Saivite]] [[matha\|monastic institution]] based in the town of [[Mayiladuthurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. As of 2019, there were a total of 27 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019">{{cite news \|date=4 December 2019 \|title=Head of ancient ~~Dharmapuram~~ Adheenam mutt in TN dies, aged 95 \|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html \|newspaper=[[Business Standard]] \|agency=[[Press Trust of India\|PTI]] \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114094208/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html \|archive-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>		'''Dharumapuram Adheenam''' ({{Langx\|ta\|தருமை ஆதீனம்}}) is a [[Saivite]] [[matha\|monastic institution]] based in the town of [[Mayiladuthurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. As of 2019, there were a total of 27 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019">{{cite news \|date=4 December 2019 \|title=Head of ancient Dharumapuram Adheenam mutt in TN dies, aged 95 \|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html \|newspaper=[[Business Standard]] \|agency=[[Press Trust of India\|PTI]] \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114094208/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html \|archive-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>

	==History & activities==		==History and activities==
	The adheenam was founded during the 16th century, along with the [[Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam]] and the [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]], to spread the ideology of [[Saiva-~~Siddhanta~~\|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. \|authorlink=Indira Viswanathan Peterson \|year=1982 \|volume=102 \|issue=1 \|pages=69–90 \|doi=10.2307/601112 }}</ref>{{rp\|82}} ~~Dharmapuram~~ mutt was founded by [[~~Guru GnanaSambandar~~]].		The adheenam was founded during the 16th century, along with the [[Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam]] and the [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]], to spread the ideology of [[Suthaathvaitha Saiva-Siddhantham\|Saiva Sidhantham]].<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. \|authorlink=Indira Viswanathan Peterson \|year=1982 \|volume=102 \|issue=1 \|pages=69–90 \|doi=10.2307/601112 }}</ref>{{rp\|82}} Dharumapuram mutt was founded by [[Thirugnana Sambanthar]].

	The adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically the ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.<ref>{{cite journal \|title=Arabic-Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka: Language as Mimicry \|jstor=20840120 \|first=M. M. M. \|last=Mahroof \|journal=Islamic Studies \|volume=32 \|issue=2 \|year=1993\|pages=169–189 }}</ref>{{rp\|182}} [[Vaitheeswaran Koil]], near [[Sirkazhi]], is one of the temples the adheenam maintains.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Krishnamurthy \|first=R. \|title=Succour for the sick \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm \|date=18 May 2001 \|work=The Hindu \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021113233106/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm \|archive-date=13 November 2002}}</ref>		The adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically the ''[[Thevaram (Tamil Shaivaite Hymns)\|Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.<ref>{{cite journal \|title=Arabic-Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka: Language as Mimicry \|jstor=20840120 \|first=M. M. M. \|last=Mahroof \|journal=Islamic Studies \|volume=32 \|issue=2 \|year=1993\|pages=169–189 }}</ref>{{rp\|182}} [[Vaitheeswaran Koil]], near [[Sirkazhi]], is one of the temples the adheenam maintains.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Krishnamurthy \|first=R. \|title=Succour for the sick \|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm \|date=18 May 2001 \|work=The Hindu \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021113233106/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm \|archive-date=13 November 2002}}</ref>

	~~The 26th~~ [[~~acharya~~\|~~Guru Maha Sannidhanam~~]] ~~died on 4 December 2019,~~ and ~~was succeeded by Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal as the 27th Guru Maha Sannidhanam~~ of the adheenam.~~<ref name="PTI2019" /><ref name="PTI2017">{{cite magazine \|date=31 January 2017 \|title=Successor to Dharmapuram Adheenam named \|url=https://www~~.~~outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 \|magazine=~~[[~~Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook~~]] ~~\|agency=~~[[~~Press Trust of India\|PTI~~]]\|~~url-status=live \|archive-~~url=https://~~web.~~archive.org/~~web/20200413055226/https:/~~/~~www~~.~~outlookindia~~.~~com~~/~~newsscroll/successor~~-~~to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116~~ \|~~archive-~~date=13 April ~~2020~~}}</ref>		[[Arunachala Kavi\|Arunachala Kavirayar]] a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music in the 18th Century CE studied both [[Tamil Language\|Tamil]] and [[Sanskrit]] in this adheenam. The head of Mutt was so pleased with Kavirayar and even considered making Arunchala as his successor. At 18, Kavirayar left the Mutt and Later composed the Famous Opera on the Epic [[Ramayana]] called as ''[[Rama Natakam]]''.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://archive.org/stream/dli.ministry.22549/JSNA%252847%252910-17_djvu.txt \| title=Seerkazhi Arunachala Kavirayar and Rama Natakam \| date=18 April 1978 \| publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi }}</ref>

	[[~~File:ஸ்ரீலஸ்ரீ மாசிலாமணி தேசிக ஞானசம்பந்த சுவாமிகள்.jpg~~\|~~thumb\|'''~~Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal~~'''~~(~~Second from left~~)]]		The 26th [[acharya\|Guru Maha Sannidhanam]] died on 4 December 2019, and was succeeded by Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal as the 27th Guru Maha Sannidhanam of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019" /><ref name="PTI2017">{{cite news \|date=31 January 2017 \|title=Successor to Dharmapuram Adheenam named \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 \|magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook]] \|agency=[[Press Trust of India\|PTI]]\|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413055226/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 \|archive-date=13 April 2020}}</ref>

	==Temples under ~~Dharmapuram~~ Adheenam==		[[File:DHARUMAI ADHEENAM 27TH GURUMAHA SANNITHANAM.jpg\|thumb\|27th Guru Maha Sannithnam Sri la Sri Kayilai Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Paramachariya Swamigal ]]

			==Temples under Dharumapuram Adheenam==
	{{columns-list\|		{{columns-list\|
	* [[Vaitheeswaran Koil]]		* [[Vaitheeswaran Koil]]
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	* [[Uthavedeeswarar Temple\|Uthavedeeswarar Temple, Kuthalam]]		* [[Uthavedeeswarar Temple\|Uthavedeeswarar Temple, Kuthalam]]
	* Thirunanriyur		* Thirunanriyur
	* [[Dharumapuram Yazhmoorinathar Temple\|Yazhmoorinathar Temple, Thiru ~~Dharmapuram~~, Karaikal]]		* [[Dharumapuram Yazhmoorinathar Temple\|Yazhmoorinathar Temple, Thiru Dharumapuram, Karaikal]]
	* [[Aiyarappar Temple\|Aiyarappar Temple, Thiruvayyaru]]		* [[Aiyarappar Temple\|Aiyarappar Temple, Thiruvayyaru]]
	* Manakuddi		* Manakuddi
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	* [[Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Thirukkuvalai]]		* [[Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Thirukkuvalai]]
	* [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur]] - Rajanga Kattalai		* [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur]] - Rajanga Kattalai
	* ~~Dharmapuram~~		* Dharumapuram
	* ~~Dharmapuram~~ (Gnanapuriswara Temple)		* Dharumapuram (Gnanapuriswara Temple)
	}}		}}

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	{{~~Nagapattinam~~ district}}		== External links ==
	{{Mayiladuthurai Topics}}		* [https://dial4college.com/college/dharmapuram-adinam-arts-college-nagapattinam-in--mayiladuthurai Dharmapuram Adheenam Arts College - Dial4College]
	~~{{coord missing\|Tamil Nadu~~}}		* [https://mayiladuthurai.nic.in/public-utility/d-g-government-arts-college-for-women/ DG Govt Arts College for Women - Mayiladuthurai District Portal]
			* [https://www.gardencourtcambridge.in/other-institutions.html Garden Court Cambridge Institutions]
			* [https://www.gardencourtcambridge.in/school-management.html Garden Court Cambridge School Management]
			{{Mayiladuthurai district}}{{Mayiladuthurai Topics}}

	[[Category:Hindu monasteries in India]]		[[Category:Hindu monasteries in India]]
	[[Category:Shaivism]]		[[Category:Shaivism]]
	[[Category:Aadheenams]]		[[Category:Aadheenams]]
			[[Category:Mayiladuthurai district]]
			[[Category:Mayiladuthurai]]

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 '''Dharmapuram Aadheenam''' is a [[Saivite]] [[matha|monastic institution]] based in the town of [[Mayiladuthurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. As of 2019, there were a total of 27 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019">{{cite news |date=4 December 2019 |title=Head of ancient Dharmapuram Adheenam mutt in TN dies, aged 95 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114094208/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html |archive-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>
 ==History & activities==
-The adheenam was founded during the 16th century, along with the [[Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam]] and the [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]], to spread the ideology of [[Saiva-Siddhanta|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. |authorlink=Indira Viswanathan Peterson |year=1982 |volume=102 |issue=1 |page=69–90}}</ref>{{rp|82}}
+The adheenam was founded during the 16th century, along with the [[Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam]] and the [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]], to spread the ideology of [[Saiva-Siddhanta|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. |authorlink=Indira Viswanathan Peterson |year=1982 |volume=102 |issue=1 |pages=69–90 |doi=10.2307/601112 }}</ref>{{rp|82}} Dharmapuram mutt was founded by [[Guru GnanaSambandar]].
-The adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically the ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Arabic-Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka: Language as Mimicry |jstor=20840120 |page=169–189 |first=M. M. M. |last=Mahroof |journal=Islamic Studies |volume=32 |issue=2 |year=1993}}</ref>{{rp|182}} [[Vaitheeswaran Koil]], near [[Sirkazhi]], is one of the temples the adheenam maintains.<ref>{{cite news |last=Krishnamurthy |first=R. |title=Succour for the sick |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm |date=18 May 2001 |work=The Hindu |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021113233106/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm |archive-date=13 November 2002}}</ref>
+The adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically the ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Arabic-Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka: Language as Mimicry |jstor=20840120 |first=M. M. M. |last=Mahroof |journal=Islamic Studies |volume=32 |issue=2 |year=1993|pages=169–189 }}</ref>{{rp|182}} [[Vaitheeswaran Koil]], near [[Sirkazhi]], is one of the temples the adheenam maintains.<ref>{{cite news |last=Krishnamurthy |first=R. |title=Succour for the sick |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm |date=18 May 2001 |work=The Hindu |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021113233106/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm |archive-date=13 November 2002}}</ref>
 The 26th [[acharya|Guru Maha Sannidhanam]] died on 4 December 2019, and was succeeded by Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal as the 27th Guru Maha Sannidhanam of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019" /><ref name="PTI2017">{{cite magazine |date=31 January 2017 |title=Successor to Dharmapuram Adheenam named |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 |magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413055226/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 |archive-date=13 April 2020}}</ref>
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'''Dharmapuram Aadheenam''' is a [[Saivite]] [[matha|monastic institution]] based in the town of [[Mayiladuthurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. As of 2019, there were a total of 27 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019">{{cite news |date=4 December 2019 |title=Head of ancient Dharmapuram Adheenam mutt in TN dies, aged 95 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114094208/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html |archive-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>

==History & activities==
The adheenam was founded during the 16th century, along with the [[Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam]] and the [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]], to spread the ideology of [[Saiva-Siddhanta|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. |authorlink=Indira Viswanathan Peterson |year=1982 |volume=102 |issue=1 |page=69–90}}</ref>{{rp|82}}

The adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically the ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Arabic-Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka: Language as Mimicry |jstor=20840120 |page=169–189 |first=M. M. M. |last=Mahroof |journal=Islamic Studies |volume=32 |issue=2 |year=1993}}</ref>{{rp|182}} [[Vaitheeswaran Koil]], near [[Sirkazhi]], is one of the temples the adheenam maintains.<ref>{{cite news |last=Krishnamurthy |first=R. |title=Succour for the sick |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm |date=18 May 2001 |work=The Hindu |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021113233106/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm |archive-date=13 November 2002}}</ref>

The 26th [[acharya|Guru Maha Sannidhanam]] died on 4 December 2019, and was succeeded by Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal as the 27th Guru Maha Sannidhanam of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019" /><ref name="PTI2017">{{cite magazine |date=31 January 2017 |title=Successor to Dharmapuram Adheenam named |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 |magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413055226/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 |archive-date=13 April 2020}}</ref>

== Notes ==
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{{Nagapattinam district}}
{{Mayiladuthurai Topics}}
{{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Hindu monasteries in India]]
[[Category:Shaivism]]