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| map_caption = Location in [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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| district = [[Ariyalur district|Ariyalur]]<br />
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| deity = Vaidyanathaswami([[Shiva]])<br />
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'''Thirumazhapadi Vaidyanathaswami Temple'''<ref name="dinamalar">{{cite web|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=438|title= Sri Vaidyanathaswami temple<br />
|publisher=temple.dinamalar.com|access-date=30 August 2015}}</ref><br />
is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Thirumazhapadi in [[Ariyalur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]], as the [[moolavar]] presiding deity, in his manifestation as Vaidyanathaswami.<ref>http://kumbakonamtemples.in/vajrathampanathar-temple-tirumazhapadi.html</ref> His consort, [[Parvati]], is known as Sundarambikai. The historical name of the place is Mazhuvadi.<ref name="dinamalar"/><ref name="shivatemples.com"><br />
[http://www.shivatemples.com/nofc/nc54.php Vajrathampanathar Temple, Tirumazhapadi]</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]] [[Tirugnanasambandar]], [[Tirunavukkarasar]] and [[Sundarar]].<br />
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It is one of the tourist places in [[Ariyalur]]. This temple is famous for its "Nandikesvarar thirukalyanam " (March/April) which is conducted yearly. The people of thirumalapadi celebrate the festival grandly. It also has a statue of [[Thiruvalluvar]], which was made with 750&nbsp;kg of Bronze. It is the biggest metallic statue of Thiruvalluvar in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>* {{cite web|title=Tourist places in Ariyalur District|url=http://ariyalur.nic.in/Distt/html/DisttHistPlacesTemples.html|publisher=Government of India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121209000404/http://ariyalur.nic.in/Distt/html/DisttHistPlacesTemples.html|archive-date=2012-12-09}}</ref> The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the northern banks of [[River Kaveri]].<ref name=Ka>{{cite book|title=River cauvery the most battl(r)ed|last=Ka. Vi.|first=Kannan|page=44|publisher=Notion Press|year=2019|isbn=9781684666041|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CGFDwAAQBAJ&q=thiruvavaduthurai}}</ref><br />
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== Nandi Kalyanam ==<br />
[[File:Tirumazhapadi palanquin.jpg|Image of Palanquin|200x200px|left|thumb]]<br />
Nandi kalyanam, the celestial wedding of the [[Nandi (bull)]], is celebrated in a grand manner in this temple during the Tamil month of Panguni (mid-March to mid-April). At that time Lord Nandeeswara, the bridegroom of [[Aiyarappar temple]] marries Goddess Swayambikai of Thirumazhapadi and is brought in a palanquin. He is accorded a reception by the presiding deity of the temple Vaidyanathasami.<ref>[http://templesoftamilnadu.co.in/vaidyanatha-swamy-temple-thirumazhapadi/ Temples of Tamil Nadu]</ref> nandhiswarar kalyanam date of 16/03/2019 time of 7.00 pm<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Vaidyanathaswami temple<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=438 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Vajrathampanathar Temple, Tirumazhapadi<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/nofc/nc54.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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== Photo gallery ==<br />
[[File:Thirumazhapadi Temple Main entrance.jpg|alt=Thirumazhapadi koil main entrance|thumb|Thirumazhapadi Temple]]<br />
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File:Tirumalapadi9.jpg|Next entrance<br />
File:Tirumalapadi11.jpg|Pillar mandapa<br />
File:Tirumalapadi17.jpg|Prakara right side<br />
File:Tirumalapadi34.jpg|Temple tree in inner prakara<br />
File:Tirumalapadi21.jpg|Inner prakara<br />
File:Tirumalapadi24.jpg|Amman shrine entrance<br />
File:Tirumalapadi31.jpg|Amman shrine<br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Ariyalur district]]<br />
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