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{{Short description|Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India}}
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Vanduvar Kuzhali([[Parvathi]])
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'''Rathnagiriswarar Temple''' ({{lang-ta|இரத்தினகிரிஸ்வரர் கோயில்}}) is a [[Hindu]] temple dedicated to [[Shiva]], located in [[Thirumarugal]], 10 km East of [[Nannilam]], Near [[Nagapatnam]], in [[Nagapattinam district]], [[Tamil Nadu]] in India.

It is one of the 275 [[Paadal Petra Sthalam]]s, where two of the most revered [[Nayanars]] ([[Saivite]] Saints), [[Appar]] and [[Campantar|Tirugnana Sambandar]]<ref>{{Cite web
|url= http://www.projectmadurai.org/pm_etexts/pdf/pm0162.pdf
|title=campantar tEvAram -2
|work=projectmadurai.org
|accessdate=16 July 2011
}}</ref> have sung the glories of this temple.

==Name origin==
Thirumarugal derived its name from a [[Plantain (cooking)|plantain]] named Marugal, a type of banana tree found inside the northern-side of the Rathnagiriswarar temple since time immemorial.

==Temple==
The temple has a 5-tier Raja[[gopuram]] and a large campus. The sanctum has an elevated structure. The temple tank is right in front of the temple. Rathinagiri is about 13 km from Vellore towards Chennai and is famous for the Murugan temple on a hillock. There are 130 steps to the hillock top. Saint Arunagirinadhar had sung Thiruppugazh on this temple. The temple belonging to the 14th century was under dilapidated conditions a few decades back and with the efforts of Sri Swami Balamugan Adimai, the temple is now restored to its full glory with fantastic sculptural works, big mandapams etc., to the extent of people calling this as the 7th Padai Veedu of Lord [[Muruga]].

==Legend==

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==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:Tirumarugal3.jpg| Gopuram view
Image:Tirumarugal2.jpg| [[Pushkarni|Temple Tank]]
Image:Tirumarugal4.jpg| Inside view
File:Tirumarugalratnagirisvarartemple3.jpg|Front Mandapa
File:Tirumarugalratnagirisvarartemple4.jpg|Tirumana mandapa
File:Tirumarugalratnagirisvarartemple5.jpg|Vimana of presiding deity
File:Tirumarugalratnagirisvarartemple6.jpg|Vimana of Goddess
File:Tirumarugalratnagirisvarartemple7.jpg|Mandapa in the middle of tank
</gallery>

== References ==
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==Notes==
* {{cite book|title=South Indian shrines: illustrated|author=P. V. Jagadisa Ayyar|publisher=Madras Times Printing and Pub. Co.|year=1920|pages=360–369}}
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