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| name = Seshapurisvarar Temple, Irappatticcuram<br />
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| country = {{Flag|India}}<br />
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| district = [[Tiruvarur]]<br />
| location = [[Kumbakonam]]-Tiruvarur road<br />
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| deity = Lord [[Shiva]]<br />
| architecture = [[Dravidian architecture]]<br />
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'''Seshapurisvarar Temple, Irappatticcuram''',<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:இராப்பட்டீச்சரம் சேசபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a [[Shiva|Siva]] temple in [[Kumbakonam]]-Tiruvarur road in [[Tiruvarur]] District in [[Tamil Nadu]] ([[India]]).<ref name="bmj">பு.மா.ஜெயசெந்தில்நாதன், தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், வர்த்தமானன் பதிப்பகம், சென்னை, 2009</ref><br />
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==Vaippu Sthalam==<br />
It is one of the shrines of the [[Vaippu Sthalam]]s sung by Tamil Saivite [[Nayanars|Nayanar]] [[Appar]].<ref name="bmj"/><br />
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==Presiding deity==<br />
The presiding deity in the [[garbhagriha]], represented by the ''[[lingam]]'', is known as Seshapurisvarar. His consort is known as Andhappuranayagi.<ref name="bmj"/><br />
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==Shrines==<br />
[[Bhairava|Bairava]] is also worshipped in this temple. [[Dakshinamurthy]], usually found in the kosta is found in the mandapa.<ref name="bmj"/><br />
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==Structure==<br />
The temple has no raja [[gopura]]. The temple is having an entrance, facing west. After going through the entrance [[altar|bali peetam]] and [[Nandi (bull)|nandhi]] are found. In the second entrance in either side [[Lakshmi|Mahalakshmi]] and [[Saraswati]] are found. Next to it front [[mandapa]] is found. [[Dakshinamurthy]] generally found in the [[Kosta (architectural feature)|kosta]] in other temples, is found in the front mandapa in this temple. While Nandhi is facing the presiding deity, his head is seen as seeing Dakshinamurthy. A 5.5 feet [[Bhairava|Bairava]] is found in the temple.<ref name=shiva/> In the presiding deity, snake is also found.<ref name=shivam/><br />
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==Location==<br />
This temple is located near Manakkal in Kumbakonam-Tiruvarur road.<ref name=shivam>[https://shaivam.org/temples-of-lord-shiva/moovar-thevara-vaippu-thalangal மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், irAppaTTIccuram, Sl.No.30 of 139 temples]</ref> One time [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]] is held in this temple daily.<ref name=shiva>[http://www.shivatemples.com/vt/vt_kovil1/vt16.php Shiva Temples, தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், இராப்பட்டிச்சரம், Sl.No.16 of 133 temples, page1]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Hindu temples in Tiruvarur district]]</div>->Gardenkur