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'''Mahendrapalli Tirumeni Azhagar Temple''' (மகேந்திரப்பள்ளி திருமேனியழகர் கோயில்) is a [[Hindu temple]] located at [[Mahendirapalli]] in [[Mayiladuthurai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>[http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=833 Sri Tirumeni Azhagar temple], [[Dinamalar]]</ref> The presiding deity is [[Shiva]]. He is called as Tirumeni Azhagar. His consort is known as Vadivambigai.<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 Mahendra worshipped Shiva here and hence the place came to be known as Mahendrapalli.<ref name=Ayyar>{{cite book|title=South Indian Shrines: Illustrated|page=244|last=Ayyar|first=P. V. Jagadisa|publisher=Asian Educational Service|year=1993|isbn=81-206-0151-3|edition=2nd|location=New Delhi}}</ref> The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the northern banks of [[River Kaveri]].<ref name=Ka>{{cite book|title=River cauvery the most battl(r)ed|last=Ka. Vi.|first=Kannan|page=40|publisher=Notion Press|year=2019|isbn=9781684666041|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CGFDwAAQBAJ&q=thiruvavaduthurai}}</ref> This temple is located on the southern banks of [[Kollidam River]].<br />
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== Literary Mention ==<br />
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:<ref>Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 31: 3</ref> <br />
{{cquote|கோங்கிள வேங்கையும் கொழுமலர்ப் புன்னையும்<br><br />
தாங்குதேன் கொன்றையும் தகுமலர்க் குரவமும்<br><br />
மாங்கரும் பும்வயன் மயேந்திரப் பள்ளியுள்<br><br />
ஆங்கிருந் தவன்கழ லடியிணை பணிமினே.}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Tirumeni Azhagar temple<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=833|publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Tirumeniazhagar Temple, Tirumayendirapalli<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/nofc/nc06.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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