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| map_type = India Tamil Nadu
| map_caption = Location in [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| district = [[Nagapatnam]]
| location = [[Nagapatnam]]
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'''Kayarohanaswami Temple, Nagapattinam''' (காயாரோகணசுவாமி கோயில், நாகபட்டினம்)<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:நாகபட்டினம் காயாரோகணேசுவரர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] dedicated to [[Lord Siva]] situated in the town of [[Nagapattinam]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The presiding deity is known as Kayarohana and his consort is Nilayathakshi.<ref name="ayyar">{{cite book|title=South Indian shrines: illustrated|author=P. V. Jagadisa Ayyar|publisher=Madras Times Printing and Pub. Co.|year=1920|pages=389–391}}</ref> The temple has been in existence from the 6th century AD and has been praised by the [[Nayanmars]] [[Appar]], [[Sambandar]] and [[Sundarar]].<ref name="surap72">{{cite book|title=Tourist Guide to Tamil Nadu|year=2010|publisher=Sura Books|isbn=978-81-7478-177-2|page=72}}</ref> The temple has been constructed by the [[Lakulisha|Lakolisa]] cult which originated in [[Gujarat]] and their only other temple in Tamil Nadu is at [[Kanchipuram]].<ref name="surap72" /> The idol of [[Thyagaraja]] in the temple is made of ''[[lapis lazuli]]''.

==Etymology==
[[File:Kayarohanaswami Temple.jpg|150px|left|thumb|Historical image of the temple]]
''Karona'' is a corruption of ''Kaya-rohana''(kayam:body, arohana:raising) and the temple is the twin of Kayarohana temple in [[Gujarat]]. Karonam might also have been derived from other origin such as "Kar Onam" and [[Lord Vishnu]] has been referred to as "Onathan". The temple has been rebuilt by the [[Pallavas]] and [[Cholas]].<ref>''Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: reflections on Chola naval expeditions to South east Asia''.P.107.Hermann Kulke, K. Kesavapany, Vijay Sakhuja</ref> It is one of the shrines of the 275 [[Paadal Petra Sthalams]].

==Processional Dance==
[[File:Nagai Karonam17.JPG|150px|left|thumb|Festive image of the temple]]
The [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur|Thyagarajar Temple]] at [[Tiruvarur]] is famous for the ''ajapa thanam'' (dance without chanting), that is executed by the deity itself. According to legend, a [[Chola]] king named Mucukunta obtained a boon from [[Indra]](a celestial deity) and wished to receive an image of Thyagaraja Swamy(presiding deity, Shiva in the temple) reposing on the chest of reclining Lord Vishnu. Indra tried to misguide the king and had six other images made, but the king chose the right image at Tiruvarur. The other six images were installed in Thirukkuvalai, Nagapattinam, Tirukarayil, Thirunallar, Thiruvaimur and [[Tirumaraikadu]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The great temple at Tanjore|last=Pillai|first=J.M. Somanasundaram|publisher=Tamil University, Thanjavur|year=1994|page=9}}</ref><ref>''Glimpses of the history of Karaikkal''.Saroja Sundararajan</ref> All the seven places are villages situated in the river [[Cauvery]] delta. All seven Thyagaraja images are said to dance when taken in procession(it is the bearers of the processional deity who actually dance). The temples with dance styles are regarded as ''Saptha Vidangam''(seven dance moves)<ref>''The Journal of the Music Academy, Madras: Volumes 33-34 ''.Music Academy (Madras, India) - 1962</ref> and the related temples are as under:<ref>''Nityasumaṅgalī: devadasi tradition in South India ''.P.146. Saskia C. Kersenboom-Story</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="background:#FFC569"
| width="200pt" | '''Temple'''
| width="140pt" | '''Vidangar Temple'''
| width="140pt" | '''Dance pose'''
| width="250pt" | '''Meaning'''
|- align ="center"
|- style="background:#ffe;"
|-
| [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur|Thyagarajar Temple]]
| ''Vidhividangar''
| ''Ajabathaanam''
| Dance without chanting, resembling the dance of Sri Thyagaraja resting on Lord Vishnu's chest
|-
| [[Dharbaranyeswarar Temple]]
| ''Nagaradangar''
| ''Unmathanathaanam''
| Dance of an intoxicated person
|-
| Kayarohanaswamy Temple
| ''Sundaravidangar''
| ''Vilathithaanam''
| Dancing like waves of sea
|-
| [[Kannayariamudayar Temple, Thirukkarayil|Kannayariamudayar Temple]]
| ''Adhividangar''
| ''Kukunathaanam''
| Dancing like a cock
|-
| [[Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Thirukkuvalai|Brahmapureeswarar Temple]]
| ''Avanividangar''
| ''Brunganathaanam''
| Dancing like a bee that hovers over a flower
|-
| [[Vaimoornathar Temple, Tiruvaimur|Vaimoornaathar Temple]]
| ''Nallavidangar''
| ''Kamalanaanathaanam''
| Dance like lotus that moves in a breeze
|-
| [[Vedaranyeswarar Temple]]
| ''Bhuvanivividangar''
| ''Hamsapthanathaanam''
| Dancing with the gait of a swan
|}
The temple is a [[Shakti peeda]]. Thyagaraja is known as Sundara Vitankar ang believed to perform Paarava Tharanga Natanam.<ref name=Meena>{{cite book|title=Temples in South India|last=V.|first=Meena|publisher=Harikumar Arts|location=Kanniyakumari|year=1974|edition=1st|page=34}}</ref>

==Photogallery==
<gallery>
File:Nagapattinamkayaroganesvarartemple1.jpg|Main entrance
File:Nagapattinamkayaroganesvarartemple2.jpg|Vinayakar shrine
File:Nagapattinamkayaroganesvarartemple3.jpg|Five tier gopura
File:Nagapattinamkayaroganesvarartemple4.jpg|Flagpost
File:Nagapattinamkayaroganesvarartemple5.jpg|Front mandapa
File:Nagapattinamkayaroganesvarartemple6.jpg|Vimana of the presiding deity
File:Nagapattinamkayaroganesvarartemple7.jpg|Vimana of the consort
</gallery>

== References ==
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==External links==
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[[Category:6th-century Hindu temples]]
[[Category:Shiva temples in Nagapattinam district]]

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