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{{Short description|Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India}}
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| map_type = India Tamil Nadu
| map_caption = Location in [[Tamil Nadu]]
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| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| district = [[Tanjore]]
| locale = [[Patteswaram]]
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| deity = Sakthivanesvara ([[Shiva]])
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| architecture = [[Dravidian architecture]]
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'''Sakthivanesvara Temple''' (சக்திவனேஸ்வரர் கோயில்)<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:திருச்சத்தி முற்றம் சிவக்கொழுந்தீசர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god [[Shiva]] located in a small village called Thirusakthimutram, near another small (but relatively better-known) village, [[Patteswaram]]. The nearest urban centre, about seven kilometres (four-and-a-half miles) away, is [[Kumbakonam]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. Here the presiding deity Sakthivanesvara is a form of the Hindu god [[Shiva]], in which his usual worship symbol the [[Lingam]] is hugged by his consort [[Parvati]], hence he is also known as Sivakozhundeesvara and Sakthi Mutham. It is believed that when one prays to Sakthivanesvara with faith, one is blessed with the life partner of one's choice.

[[File:Thirusakthimutram.JPG|200px|right|thumb|Gopuram of Thirusakthimutram]]

== Significance ==
[[File:Tirusakthimutram vimanapresidingdeity.jpg|left|100x150px|thumb|Vimana of presiding deity]]
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]] and [[Thirunavukkarasar]]. The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the banks of [[River Kaveri]]. It is located on the banks of [[Kudamurutti River|Kudamurutti]], a tributary of river Kaveri.<ref name=Ka>{{cite book|title=River cauvery the most battl(r)ed|last=Ka. Vi.|first=Kannan|page=32|publisher=Notion Press|year=2019|isbn=9781684666041|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CGFDwAAQBAJ&q=thiruvavaduthurai}}</ref>

==Legend==
[[Parvathi]] was doing penance at this place to seek the hands of [[Shiva]]. Shiva is believed to have appeared as a column of fire and Parvathi could not bear the heat, she embraced Shiva, give the name Sakthimutram (meaning, Sakthi (Parvathi) embracing Shiva).<ref name=Meena>{{cite book|title=Temples in South India|last=V.|first=Meena|publisher=Harikumar Arts|location=Kanniyakumari|year=1974|edition=1st|page=27}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.kumbakonam.info/kumbakonam/tsaktimu/index.htm Sakthivanesvara's temple in Thirusakthimutram]

{{Famous Shiva temples}}
{{Hindu Temples of Kumbakonam}}

[[Category:Shiva temples in Thanjavur district]]
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