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{{Infobox temple<br />
| name = Thirukondeeswaram Pasupatheeswarar Temple<br />
| image = <br />
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| map_caption = Location in [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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| country = {{Flag|India}}<br />
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| district = [[Tiruvarur]]<br />
| location = Thirukondeeswaram in [[Tiruvarur district]]<br />
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| deity = Lord[[Shiva]]<br />
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[[File:Tirukandisvaram pasupatisvarar temple1.jpg|thumb|Entrance]]<br />
'''Thirukondeeswaram Pasupatheeswarar Temple'''<ref name="dinamalar"><br />
{{Cite web<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=521<br />
|title= Sri Pasupatheeswarar temple<br />
|work=Dinamalar temples<br />
|accessdate=9 August 2015<br />
}}</ref><br />
({{lang-ta|திருக்கொண்டீஸ்வரம் பசுபதீஸ்வரர் கோயில்}})<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:திருக்கொண்டீஸ்வரம் பசுபதீஸ்வரர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Thirukondeeswaram in [[Tiruvarur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>[http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc072.php Pasupatheeswarar Temple, Tirukondeeswaram].</ref> The temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]], as the [[moolavar]] presiding deity, in his manifestation as Pasupatheeswarar. His consort, [[Parvati]], is known as Shanthanayaki.<ref name="dm">{{cite web|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=521 |title=Pasupatheeswarar Temple|publisher=temple.dinamalar.com|accessdate=9 August 2015}}</ref><br />
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== Significance ==<br />
It is one of the shrines of the 275 [[Paadal Petra Sthalam]]s - [[Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu#Sthalams|Shiva Sthalams]] glorified in the early medieval ''[[Tevaram]]'' poems by Tamil Saivite [[Nayanars|Nayanar]] [[Tirunavukkarasar]].<ref name="dm"/><br />
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== Literary mention ==<br />
[[File:Tirukandisvaram pasupatisvarar temple2.jpg|left|100x150px|thumb|vimana]]<br />
Tirunavukkarasar describes the feature of the deity as:<ref>Tirunavukkarasar Tevaram, IV:67:5</ref><br />
{{cquote|பொக்கமாய் நின்ற பொல்லாப் புழுமிடை முடைகொ ளாக்கை<br><br />
தொக்குநின் றைவர் தொண்ணூற் றறுவருந் துயக்க மெய்த<br><br />
மிக்குநின் றிவர்கள் செய்யும் வேதனைக் கலந்து போனேன்<br><br />
செக்கரே திகழு மேனித் திருக்கொண்டீச் சரத்து ளானே.}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Pasupatheeswarar temple<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=521 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Pasupatheeswarar Temple, Tirukondeeswaram<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc072.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Tiruvarur district]]<br />
[[Category:Padal Petra Stalam]]<br />
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