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[[File:Pallavaneswarartemplerajagopura.jpg|thumb|Pallavaneswarar Temple Rajagopura]]<br />
'''Pallavaneswarar Temple''' (பல்லவனேஸ்வரர் கோயில்)<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:பூம்புகார் பல்லவனேசுவரர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] located in the town of [[Kaveripoompattinam]] or [[Poompuhar|Puhar, Mayiladuthurai]], an archaeological site in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]]. It is situated on the birthplace of [[Saivite]] saint [[Pattinathar]].<br />
The presiding deity is [[Shiva]]. He is called as Pallavaneswarar. His consort is known as [[Soundaryanayaki]].<ref>[http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=210 Sri Pallavaneswarar temple] , [[Dinamalar]]</ref><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]]. A Pallava king is believed to have attained salvation in this place.<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><br />
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==Structure==<br />
In front of the [[Gopuram|rajagopura]], temple tank is found. At the left of the sanctum sanctorum shrines of goddess and [[Palliyarai]] are found. [[Nandi (mythology)|Nandi]] and balipeeta are also found here. In the [[prakara]] shrines of Pattinattar, [[Ganesha|Vinayaka]], [[Kartikeya|Subramania]] and Chandikesvara are found. In the [[Kosta (architectural feature)|kosta]] of the presiding deity [[Dakshinamurti]], [[Lingodbhava]], [[Brahma]] and [[Durga]] are found.<br />
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== Literary mention ==<br />
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:<ref>Gnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 112: 6</ref> <br />
{{cquote|பச்சை மேனியர் பிச்சைகொள்பவர்<br><br />
பட்டினத்துறை பல்லவனீச்சரத்<br><br />
திச்சையா யிருப்பார்<br><br />
இவர்தன்மை யறிவாரார்.}}<br />
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==Kumbhabhishekham==<br />
Inscriptions pertaining to the conduct of [[Kumbhabhishekham]] of this temple are found. They were held on 20 August 1958, 5 April 1995 and 17 March 2008.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Pallavaneswarar temple<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=210|publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Pallavaneswarar Temple, Tiruppallavaneecharam<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/nofc/nc10.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Pallavaneeswaram|url= http://www.tamilvu.org/slet/l41C4/l41C4pd2.jsp?bookid=120&part=IV&pno=36 |publisher=TUV}}<br />
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==Photogallery==<br />
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File:Pallavaneswarartemplevimana of the maindeity.jpg|Vimana of the presiding deity<br />
File:Pallavaneswarartemplevimana of the goddess.jpg|Vimana of the goddess<br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Mayiladuthurai district]]<br />
[[Category:Padal Petra Stalam]]<br />
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