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[[File:Kannayiranathar.jpg|thumb|200x200px|right|The entrance of the temple]]<br />
'''Kurumanakkudi Kannayiram Udayar Temple'''(குறுமாணக்குடி கண்ணாயிரமுடையார் கோயில்) is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Kurumanakkudi in [[Nagapattinam district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. This temple is also known as Kannarkovil. The presiding deity is [[Shiva]]. He is called as Kannayiram Udayar and Kannayiranathar. His consort is Murugu Valar Kothai Naayaki.<br />
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== Significance ==<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]]. It is believed that [[Vishnu]] in the form of [[Vamana]], is believed to have worshipped Shiva at this place.<ref name=Ayyar>{{cite book|title=South Indian Shrines: Illustrated|page=245|last=Ayyar|first=P. V. Jagadisa|publisher=Asian Educational Service|year=1993|isbn=81-206-0151-3|edition=2nd|location=New Delhi}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Kutram Poruttha Naathar temple|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=857|publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title=KutramporuthaNathar Temple, Tirukaruppariyalur|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/nofc/nc18.php|publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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