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<p>Adding <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Short_description" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Short description">short description</a>: &quot;Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India&quot; (<a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/Bharatpedia:Shortdesc_helper" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Shortdesc helper">Shortdesc helper</a>)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India}}<br /> {{morefootnotes|date=August 2020}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=August 2020}}<br /> [[File:Thiruneedur Somanathaswami Temple1.jpg|200x200px|right|The entrance of the temple|thumb]]<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Somanathaswami Temple&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[Hindu temple]] in the village of Needur in the [[Mayiladuthurai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]].<br /> <br /> == Legend==<br /> Needur is located at a distance of 5 kilometres from [[Mayiladuthurai]]. Needur is one of the many temple towns in the state which is named after the grooves, clusters or forests dominated by a particular variety of a tree or shrub and the same variety of tree or shrub sheltering the presiding deity. The region is believed to have been covered with Magila forest and hence called Magilavanam.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|title=Alayam - The Hindu temple - An epitome of Hindu Culture|publisher=Sri Ramakrishna Math|year=2013|location=Mylapore, Chennai|last=Reddy|first=G.Venkatramana|isbn=978-81-7823-542-4|page=10}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Significance ==<br /> [[File:Thiruneedur Somanathaswami Temple2.jpg|left|100x150px|thumb|[[Vimana (tower)|Vimana]] of the presiding deity]]<br /> The presiding deity is Somanathaswami. The consort is Veyurutholi Ammai. The temple has shrines to Sivalokanathar, Kailasanathar, Ananda Thandavamurthy, [[Ganesha]], [[Murugan]] and the Seven Virgins.<br /> <br /> According to [[Hindu mythology]], on a visit to the earth, [[Indra]], the king of the gods desired to do [[puja (Hinduism)|pooja]] for Shiva. However, he could not find a [[shivalinga]] for the purpose. He reached the banks of the [[Kaveri River]] where he collected wet mud to create a shivalinga for worship. The Somanathaswami Temple is believed to have been constructed at the spot where Indra made the shivalinga.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> * {{cite web|title=Somanathaswami Temple|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=216}}<br /> <br /> {{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Shiva temples in Mayiladuthurai district]]<br /> <br /> {{TamilNadu-hindu-temple-stub}}</div>

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