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[[File:Nalurmayanampalasavanesvara temple2.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Vimana of the presiding deity]]<br />
'''Thirumeignanam Gnanaparameswarar Temple'''<ref name="dinamalar">{{Cite web<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=1030<br />
|title= Sri Gnanaparameswarar temple<br />
|work=Dinamalar temples<br />
|accessdate=25 August 2015}}</ref><br />
({{lang-ta| திருமெய்ஞானம் ஞானபரமேஸ்வரர் கோயில்<br />
}})<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta: திருமெய்ஞானம் ஞானபரமேஸ்வரர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Thirumeignanam in [[Thanjavur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]], as the [[moolavar]] presiding deity, in his manifestation as Gnanaparameswarar. His consort, [[Parvati]], is known as Gnanambikai.<ref name="dm">{{cite web|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=1030|title= Sri Gnanaparameswarar temple<br />
|publisher=temple.dinamalar.com|accessdate=25 August 2015}}</ref><br />
The place is also known as Tirunallur Mayaanam.<ref name="shivatemples.com">[http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc096.php Palasavanesar Temple, Tirunallur Mayaanam]</ref><br />
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== Significance ==<br />
[[File:Nalurmayanampalasavanesvara temple1.jpg|left|100x150px|thumb|Main entrance]]<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]] [[Tirugnanasambandar]].<ref name="shivatemples.com"/><br />
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== Literary mention ==<br />
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:<ref>Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II:46:8</ref><br />
{{cquote|பத்துத் தலையோனைப் பாதத் தொருவிரலால்<br><br />
வைத்து மலையடர்த்து வாளொடு நாள்கொடுத்தான்<br><br />
நத்தி னொலியோவா நாலூர் மயானத்தென்<br><br />
அத்த னடிநினைவார்க் கல்ல லடையாவே.}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Gnanaparameswarar temple<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=1030 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Palasavanesar Temple, Tirunallur Mayaanam<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc096.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Thanjavur district]]<br />
[[Category:Padal Petra Stalam]]<br />
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