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<p>Alter: url. URLs might have been anonymized. Add: year. | <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:UCB" class="extiw" title="wp:UCB">Use this bot</a>. <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:DBUG" class="extiw" title="wp:DBUG">Report bugs</a>. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | #UCB_webform 390/444</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}<br /> {{Infobox Hindu temple<br /> | name = Sudarkozhundeeswarar Temple<br /> | image = Pralayakaleswarar, Pennadam (1).jpg<br /> | alt = <br /> | caption = <br /> | map_type = India Tamil Nadu<br /> | map_caption = Location in [[Tamil Nadu]]<br /> | coordinates = {{coord|11|24|09|N|79|15|24|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br /> | other_names = <br /> | proper_name = <br /> <br /> | country = [[India]]<br /> | state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br /> | district = [[Cuddalore district|Cuddalore]]<br /> | locale = <br /> | elevation_m = <br /> | deity = Sudarkozhundeeswarar ([[Shiva]])<br /> | festivals= <br /> | architecture = [[Dravidian architecture]]<br /> | temple_quantity = <br /> | monument_quantity= <br /> | inscriptions = <br /> | year_completed = <br /> | creator = <br /> | website = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> The main shrine of the &#039;&#039;&#039;Sudarkozhundeeswarar Temple&#039;&#039;&#039;, [[Pennadam]], dates to the period of the Early Cholas shaped in the form the back of an elephant, called Gajapristhakara. Shiva&#039;s vehicle Nandi faces East, away from the shrine. Subsidiary shrine on artificial hill, dedicated to Shiva as Shri Javanteeswarar. The Nandi faces East, with its back turned towards the shrine.&lt;ref name=&quot;dinamalar&quot;&gt;{{cite web|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/New_en.php?id=150|title= Sri Pralayakaleswarar temple<br /> |publisher=temple.dinamalar.com|accessdate=30 August 2015}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Appar]] is believed to have visited the temple during the series of visits from [[Kripapureeswarar temple|Thiruvennainallur]], [[Veerateeswarar temple, Thirukovilur|Thirukoilur]], [[Abirameswarar temple|Thiruvamathur]] to this temple.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book|title=The Philosophy of Šaivism: Saiva works and tantras of Kashmir; Saivism; Kashmir Shaivism I; Kashmir Shaivaism II; History of Kashmir Saivism. The universal experience : five principles of the universal subject-object; The limited individual experience; Famous Saiva saints; The Saiva Acharyas; Kashmir Shaivism in Siddha Yoga; Moksa and the means of its attainment in Kashmir Shaivism; Literature of Śaivism; Vīra Śaivism; Śaivism|year=2004|section=Saiva Acharyas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xuRfquoAGrcC&amp;dq=tiruvamathur&amp;pg=PA501|page=501|publisher=Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd|editor-first=Subodh |editor-last=Kapoor|isbn=9788177558852}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> {{clear}}<br /> <br /> == Significance ==<br /> It is one of the shrines of the 275 [[Paadal Petra Sthalams]].{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> {{commonscat|Pralayakaleswarar temple}}<br /> {{Famous Shiva temples}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Hindu temples in Cuddalore district]]<br /> [[Category:Padal Petra Stalam]]</div>

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