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''' Keezhvelur Kediliappar Temple '''(கீழ்வேளூர் கேடிலியப்பர் கோயில்)<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:கீழ்வேளூர் கேடிலியப்பர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] located at [[Keezhvelur]] in [[Nagapattinam district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="ss">[http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc084.php Kediliyappar Temple, Thirukeezhvelur].</ref> The historical name of the place is Thirukeezhvelur.<br />
The temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]], as the [[moolavar]] presiding deity, in his manifestation as Kediliappar. His consort, [[Parvati]], is known as Vanamulai Amman.<ref name="dm">{{cite web|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=309 |title= Sri Kediliappar temple<br />
|publisher=temple.dinamalar.com|accessdate=15 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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== Significance ==<br />
It is one of the shrines of the 275 [[Paadal Petra Sthalam]]s - [[Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu#Sthalams|Shiva Sthalams]] glorified in the early medieval ''[[Tevaram]]'' poems by Tamil Saivite [[Nayanars]] [[Tirugnanasambandar]] and [[Tirunavukkarasar]].<ref name="ss"/><br />
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This temple is believed to be 1000 years or more older, based on the sculptures found in temple and notes from old Hindu literatures. <br />
== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://atchayalingaswamytemple.com/ Official site]<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Uthirapasupatheeswarar Ganapatheeswarar temple<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=339 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Kediliyappar Temple, Tirukeezhvellur<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc084.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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==Photogallery==<br />
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File:Kilvelurkediliyappartemple2.jpg|Temple tank<br />
File:Kilvelurkediliyappartemple3.jpg|Flagpost<br />
File:Kilvelurkediliyappartemple8.jpg|Front mandapa<br />
File:Kilvelurkediliyappartemple4.jpg|Shrine on raised platform<br />
File:Kilvelurkediliyappartemple5.jpg|Shrines in the prakara<br />
File:Kilvelurkediliyappartemple6.jpg|Amman shrine<br />
File:Kilvelurkediliyappartemple7.jpg|Anjuvattattamman shrine<br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Tiruvarur district]]<br />
[[Category:Padal Petra Stalam]]<br />
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