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	'''Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam''' is a [[Saivite]] [[Matha\|mutt]] based in the town of [[Thiruvavaduthurai]] in [[Kuthalam taluk]] of [[Mayiladuthurai district\|Mayiladuthurai District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].~~<~~ref name="1961censusp7"~~>~~{{cite book\|title=Census of India, 1981: Tamil Nadu\|page=7\|publisher=Controller of Publications\|year=1962}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ The adheenam maintains the [[Mayuranathaswami Temple, Mayiladuthurai\|Mayuranathaswami temple]] at [[Mayiladuthurai]].{{Citation needed\|date=September 2011}} As of 1987, there were a total of 15 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.~~<~~ref name="unfinishedp170"~~>~~{{cite book\|title=Tamil Nadu: an unfinished task\|pages=170\|author=M. Thangaraj\|isbn=978-0-7619-9780-1\|publisher=SAGE\|year=2003}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		'''Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam''' is a [[Saivite]] [[Matha\|mutt]] based in the town of [[Thiruvavaduthurai]] in [[Kuthalam taluk]] of [[Mayiladuthurai district\|Mayiladuthurai District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="1961censusp7">{{cite book\|title=Census of India, 1981: Tamil Nadu\|page=7\|publisher=Controller of Publications\|year=1962}}</ref> The adheenam maintains the [[Mayuranathaswami Temple, Mayiladuthurai\|Mayuranathaswami temple]] at [[Mayiladuthurai]].{{Citation needed\|date=September 2011}} As of 1987, there were a total of 15 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.<ref name="unfinishedp170">{{cite book\|title=Tamil Nadu: an unfinished task\|pages=170\|author=M. Thangaraj\|isbn=978-0-7619-9780-1\|publisher=SAGE\|year=2003}}</ref>

	== Key activities ==		== Key activities ==
	The Adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship. Some of the prominent Tamil literary personalities like [[Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai]] had their tutorship in the Adheenam. His disciple [[U V Swaminatha Iyer]], who published many Tamil classical texts also was associated with the organization.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite journal\|title=Arabic-Tamil In South India And Sri Lanka: Language As Mimicry\|jstor= 20840120\|page=182\|last=M.M.M.\|first=Mahroof\|journal=Islamic Studies\|volume=32\|issue=2\|year=1993}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ The Adheenam along with [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]] and [[Dharmapuram Adheenam]] were founded during the 16th century to spread the ideology of [[Shaiva Siddhanta\|Saiva Sidhantam]].~~<~~ref~~>~~{{cite journal\|title=Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints\|jstor=601112\|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society\|last=Peterson\|first=Indira V.\|year=1982\|volume=102\|issue=1\|page=82\|doi=10.2307/601112 }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		The Adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship. Some of the prominent Tamil literary personalities like [[Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai]] had their tutorship in the Adheenam. His disciple [[U V Swaminatha Iyer]], who published many Tamil classical texts also was associated with the organization.<ref>{{cite journal\|title=Arabic-Tamil In South India And Sri Lanka: Language As Mimicry\|jstor= 20840120\|page=182\|last=M.M.M.\|first=Mahroof\|journal=Islamic Studies\|volume=32\|issue=2\|year=1993}}</ref> The Adheenam along with [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]] and [[Dharmapuram Adheenam]] were founded during the 16th century to spread the ideology of [[Shaiva Siddhanta\|Saiva Sidhantam]].<ref>{{cite journal\|title=Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints\|jstor=601112\|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society\|last=Peterson\|first=Indira V.\|year=1982\|volume=102\|issue=1\|page=82\|doi=10.2307/601112 }}</ref>

	== Notable events ==		== Notable events ==
	[[File:PM installs ‘Sengol’ at new Parliament building, in New Delhi on May 28, 2023.jpg\|thumb\|PM Modi receiving 'Sengol' from Adheenam priests in 2023]]		[[File:PM installs ‘Sengol’ at new Parliament building, in New Delhi on May 28, 2023.jpg\|thumb\|PM Modi receiving 'Sengol' from Adheenam priests in 2023]]
	In connection with India's Independence in August 14, 1947, two emissaries from the Adheenam presented [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], a golden sceptre, referred to as "[[Sengol]]", at his home in Delhi in an elaborate ceremony.~~<~~ref name="Time1947"~~>~~{{ Cite web \| quote = From Tanjore in south India came two emissaries of Sri Amblavana Desigar, head of a sannyasi order of Hindu ascetics. Sri Amblavana thought that Nehru, as first Indian head of a really Indian Government ought, like ancient Hindu kings, to receive the symbol of power and authority from Hindu holy men [...] One sannyasi carried a sceptre of gold, five feet long, two inches thick. He sprinkled Nehru with holy water from Tanjore and drew a streak in sacred ash across Nehru's forehead. Then he wrapped Nehru in the pithambaram and handed him the golden sceptre.\|url = https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,798062-2,00.html \| title = INDIA: Oh Lovely Dawn \| access-date=2023-06-06 \| website=The Time.com \|language=en\| date =25 August 1947 }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ [[Sengol]], which is derived from Tamil word ‘semmai’, meaning righteousness, had an important place in Tamil culture; as when a new king was crowned, he would be presented with a ‘sengol’ during the coronation by the high priest and be reminded that he had the “aanai” (order or decree) to rule justly and fairly.~~<~~ref name=HinduSengol ~~>~~{{Cite news \|title=The Sengol — A historic sceptre with a deep Tamil Nadu connection\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/sengol-a-historic-sceptre-with-a-deep-tamil-nadu-connection/article66888264.ece \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|date=2023-05-24 \|accessdate=2023-06-23 }}~~<~~/ref~~><~~ref name ="IESengol"~~>~~{{Cite web \|date=2023-05-28 \|title=Manu S Pillai on Sengol: For some, rediscovery is cultural renascence, for others, political Hinduisation of a national symbol \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/sengol-new-parliament-controversy-manu-pillai-interview-8632977/ \|access-date=2023-06-06 \|website=The Indian Express \|language=en}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ [[C. Rajagopalachari]], who was also an ardent follower of this Adheenam, is often credited with the idea of the 1947 Sengol ceremony as a mark of the transfer of power from the British to the Indian rulers.~~<~~ref name ="IESengol"/~~>~~		In connection with India's Independence in August 14, 1947, two emissaries from the Adheenam presented [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], a golden sceptre, referred to as "[[Sengol]]", at his home in Delhi in an elaborate ceremony.<ref name="Time1947">{{ Cite web \| quote = From Tanjore in south India came two emissaries of Sri Amblavana Desigar, head of a sannyasi order of Hindu ascetics. Sri Amblavana thought that Nehru, as first Indian head of a really Indian Government ought, like ancient Hindu kings, to receive the symbol of power and authority from Hindu holy men [...] One sannyasi carried a sceptre of gold, five feet long, two inches thick. He sprinkled Nehru with holy water from Tanjore and drew a streak in sacred ash across Nehru's forehead. Then he wrapped Nehru in the pithambaram and handed him the golden sceptre.\|url = https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,798062-2,00.html \| title = INDIA: Oh Lovely Dawn \| access-date=2023-06-06 \| website=The Time.com \|language=en\| date =25 August 1947 }}</ref> [[Sengol]], which is derived from Tamil word ‘semmai’, meaning righteousness, had an important place in Tamil culture; as when a new king was crowned, he would be presented with a ‘sengol’ during the coronation by the high priest and be reminded that he had the “aanai” (order or decree) to rule justly and fairly.<ref name=HinduSengol >{{Cite news \|title=The Sengol — A historic sceptre with a deep Tamil Nadu connection\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/sengol-a-historic-sceptre-with-a-deep-tamil-nadu-connection/article66888264.ece \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|date=2023-05-24 \|accessdate=2023-06-23 }}</ref><ref name ="IESengol">{{Cite web \|date=2023-05-28 \|title=Manu S Pillai on Sengol: For some, rediscovery is cultural renascence, for others, political Hinduisation of a national symbol \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/sengol-new-parliament-controversy-manu-pillai-interview-8632977/ \|access-date=2023-06-06 \|website=The Indian Express \|language=en}}</ref> [[C. Rajagopalachari]], who was also an ardent follower of this Adheenam, is often credited with the idea of the 1947 Sengol ceremony as a mark of the transfer of power from the British to the Indian rulers.<ref name ="IESengol"/>

	On May 28, 2023, at the beginning of the inauguration of the [[New Parliament House, New Delhi\| new parliament]], the Adheenam priests performed a traditional puja in which Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] participated, and Modi bowed down before the sacred [[Sengol]] as a mark of respect.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite news \|title= PM Modi installs historic sengol in lok-sabha, prostrates before it as mark of respect\|url=https://www.thedailyjagran.com/india/new-parliament-building-inauguration-pm-modi-installs-historic-sengol-in-lok-sabha-prostrates-before-it-as-mark-of-respect-10080029 \|language=en-IN \|work=Jagran English \|date=2023-05-28 \|access-date=2023-06-23 }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~ Then a group of Adheenam priests presented the ''Sengol'' to PM [[Narendra Modi \| Modi]], who installed it near the chair of the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] in the new Parliament building.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite news \|date=2023-05-24 \|title=Inspired by the Cholas, handed over to Nehru: historic Sengol to be installed in new Parliament building \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/inspired-by-cholas-handed-over-by-british-to-nehru-historic-sengol-to-be-installed-in-new-parliament-building/article66888185.ece \|access-date=2023-05-28 \|issn=0971-751X}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		On May 28, 2023, at the beginning of the inauguration of the [[New Parliament House, New Delhi\| new parliament]], the Adheenam priests performed a traditional puja in which Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] participated, and Modi bowed down before the sacred [[Sengol]] as a mark of respect.<ref>{{Cite news \|title= PM Modi installs historic sengol in lok-sabha, prostrates before it as mark of respect\|url=https://www.thedailyjagran.com/india/new-parliament-building-inauguration-pm-modi-installs-historic-sengol-in-lok-sabha-prostrates-before-it-as-mark-of-respect-10080029 \|language=en-IN \|work=Jagran English \|date=2023-05-28 \|access-date=2023-06-23 }}</ref> Then a group of Adheenam priests presented the ''Sengol'' to PM [[Narendra Modi \| Modi]], who installed it near the chair of the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] in the new Parliament building.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2023-05-24 \|title=Inspired by the Cholas, handed over to Nehru: historic Sengol to be installed in new Parliament building \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/inspired-by-cholas-handed-over-by-british-to-nehru-historic-sengol-to-be-installed-in-new-parliament-building/article66888185.ece \|access-date=2023-05-28 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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	'''~~Thiruvaduthurai~~ Adheenam''' is a [[Saivite]] [[Matha\|mutt]] based in the town of [[~~Thiruvaduthurai~~]] in [[Kuthalam taluk]] of [[Mayiladuthurai district\|Mayiladuthurai District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="1961censusp7">{{cite book\|title=Census of India, 1981: Tamil Nadu\|page=7\|publisher=Controller of Publications\|year=1962}}</ref> The adheenam maintains the [[Mayuranathaswami Temple, Mayiladuthurai\|Mayuranathaswami temple]] at [[Mayiladuthurai]].{{Citation needed\|date=September 2011}} As of 1987, there were a total of 15 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.<ref name="unfinishedp170">{{cite book\|title=Tamil Nadu: an unfinished task\|pages=170\|author=M. Thangaraj\|isbn=978-0-7619-9780-1\|publisher=SAGE\|year=2003}}</ref>		'''Thiruvavaduthurai Adheenam''' is a [[Saivite]] [[Matha\|mutt]] based in the town of [[Thiruvavaduthurai]] in [[Kuthalam taluk]] of [[Mayiladuthurai district\|Mayiladuthurai District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="1961censusp7">{{cite book\|title=Census of India, 1981: Tamil Nadu\|page=7\|publisher=Controller of Publications\|year=1962}}</ref> The adheenam maintains the [[Mayuranathaswami Temple, Mayiladuthurai\|Mayuranathaswami temple]] at [[Mayiladuthurai]].{{Citation needed\|date=September 2011}} As of 1987, there were a total of 15 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.<ref name="unfinishedp170">{{cite book\|title=Tamil Nadu: an unfinished task\|pages=170\|author=M. Thangaraj\|isbn=978-0-7619-9780-1\|publisher=SAGE\|year=2003}}</ref>

	==~~Activities~~==		== Key activities ==
	The Adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship. Some of the prominent Tamil literary personalities like [[Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai]] had their tutorship in the Adheenam. His disciple [[U V Swaminatha Iyer]], who published many Tamil classical texts also was associated with the organization.<ref>{{cite journal\|title=Arabic-Tamil In South India And Sri Lanka: Language As Mimicry\|jstor= 20840120\|page=182\|last=M.M.M.\|first=Mahroof\|journal=Islamic Studies\|volume=32\|issue=2\|year=1993}}</ref> The Adheenam along with [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]] and [[Dharmapuram Adheenam]] were founded during the 16th century to spread the ideology of Saiva Sidhantam.<ref>{{cite journal\|title=Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints\|jstor=601112\|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society\|last=Peterson\|first=Indira V.\|year=1982\|volume=102\|issue=1\|page=82}}</ref>		The Adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship. Some of the prominent Tamil literary personalities like [[Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai]] had their tutorship in the Adheenam. His disciple [[U V Swaminatha Iyer]], who published many Tamil classical texts also was associated with the organization.<ref>{{cite journal\|title=Arabic-Tamil In South India And Sri Lanka: Language As Mimicry\|jstor= 20840120\|page=182\|last=M.M.M.\|first=Mahroof\|journal=Islamic Studies\|volume=32\|issue=2\|year=1993}}</ref> The Adheenam along with [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]] and [[Dharmapuram Adheenam]] were founded during the 16th century to spread the ideology of [[Shaiva Siddhanta\|Saiva Sidhantam]].<ref>{{cite journal\|title=Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints\|jstor=601112\|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society\|last=Peterson\|first=Indira V.\|year=1982\|volume=102\|issue=1\|page=82\|doi=10.2307/601112 }}</ref>

	[[C. Rajagopalachari~~\|Rajaji~~]] was an ardent follower of this ~~adheenam~~		== Notable events ==
			[[File:PM installs ‘Sengol’ at new Parliament building, in New Delhi on May 28, 2023.jpg\|thumb\|PM Modi receiving 'Sengol' from Adheenam priests in 2023]]
			In connection with India's Independence in August 14, 1947, two emissaries from the Adheenam presented [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], a golden sceptre, referred to as "[[Sengol]]", at his home in Delhi in an elaborate ceremony.<ref name="Time1947">{{ Cite web \| quote = From Tanjore in south India came two emissaries of Sri Amblavana Desigar, head of a sannyasi order of Hindu ascetics. Sri Amblavana thought that Nehru, as first Indian head of a really Indian Government ought, like ancient Hindu kings, to receive the symbol of power and authority from Hindu holy men [...] One sannyasi carried a sceptre of gold, five feet long, two inches thick. He sprinkled Nehru with holy water from Tanjore and drew a streak in sacred ash across Nehru's forehead. Then he wrapped Nehru in the pithambaram and handed him the golden sceptre.\|url = https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,798062-2,00.html \| title = INDIA: Oh Lovely Dawn \| access-date=2023-06-06 \| website=The Time.com \|language=en\| date =25 August 1947 }}</ref> [[Sengol]], which is derived from Tamil word ‘semmai’, meaning righteousness, had an important place in Tamil culture; as when a new king was crowned, he would be presented with a ‘sengol’ during the coronation by the high priest and be reminded that he had the “aanai” (order or decree) to rule justly and fairly.<ref name=HinduSengol >{{Cite news \|title=The Sengol — A historic sceptre with a deep Tamil Nadu connection\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/sengol-a-historic-sceptre-with-a-deep-tamil-nadu-connection/article66888264.ece \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|date=2023-05-24 \|accessdate=2023-06-23 }}</ref><ref name ="IESengol">{{Cite web \|date=2023-05-28 \|title=Manu S Pillai on Sengol: For some, rediscovery is cultural renascence, for others, political Hinduisation of a national symbol \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/sengol-new-parliament-controversy-manu-pillai-interview-8632977/ \|access-date=2023-06-06 \|website=The Indian Express \|language=en}}</ref> [[C. Rajagopalachari]], who was also an ardent follower of this Adheenam, is often credited with the idea of the 1947 Sengol ceremony as a mark of the transfer of power from the British to the Indian rulers.<ref name ="IESengol"/>

			On May 28, 2023, at the beginning of the inauguration of the [[New Parliament House, New Delhi\| new parliament]], the Adheenam priests performed a traditional puja in which Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] participated, and Modi bowed down before the sacred [[Sengol]] as a mark of respect.<ref>{{Cite news \|title= PM Modi installs historic sengol in lok-sabha, prostrates before it as mark of respect\|url=https://www.thedailyjagran.com/india/new-parliament-building-inauguration-pm-modi-installs-historic-sengol-in-lok-sabha-prostrates-before-it-as-mark-of-respect-10080029 \|language=en-IN \|work=Jagran English \|date=2023-05-28 \|access-date=2023-06-23 }}</ref> Then a group of Adheenam priests presented the ''Sengol'' to PM [[Narendra Modi \| Modi]], who installed it near the chair of the [[Speaker of the Lok Sabha]] in the new Parliament building.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=2023-05-24 \|title=Inspired by the Cholas, handed over to Nehru: historic Sengol to be installed in new Parliament building \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/inspired-by-cholas-handed-over-by-british-to-nehru-historic-sengol-to-be-installed-in-new-parliament-building/article66888185.ece \|access-date=2023-05-28 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

			==See also==
			*[[Sengol]]

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[[File:Thiruvavaduthurai3.JPG|thumb|right|200px|View of the Adheenam]]
'''Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam''' is a [[Saivite]] [[Matha|mutt]] based in the town of [[Thiruvaduthurai]] in [[Kuthalam taluk]] of [[Mayiladuthurai district|Mayiladuthurai District]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="1961censusp7">{{cite book|title=Census of India, 1981: Tamil Nadu|page=7|publisher=Controller of Publications|year=1962}}</ref> The adheenam maintains the [[Mayuranathaswami Temple, Mayiladuthurai|Mayuranathaswami temple]] at [[Mayiladuthurai]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} As of 1987, there were a total of 15 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.<ref name="unfinishedp170">{{cite book|title=Tamil Nadu: an unfinished task|pages=170|author=M. Thangaraj|isbn=978-0-7619-9780-1|publisher=SAGE|year=2003}}</ref>

==Activities==
The Adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship. Some of the prominent Tamil literary personalities like [[Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai]] had their tutorship in the Adheenam. His disciple [[U V Swaminatha Iyer]], who published many Tamil classical texts also was associated with the organization.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Arabic-Tamil In South India And Sri Lanka: Language As Mimicry|jstor= 20840120|page=182|last=M.M.M.|first=Mahroof|journal=Islamic Studies|volume=32|issue=2|year=1993}}</ref> The Adheenam along with [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]] and [[Dharmapuram Adheenam]] were founded during the 16th century to spread the ideology of Saiva Sidhantam.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints|jstor=601112|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|last=Peterson|first=Indira V.|year=1982|volume=102|issue=1|page=82}}</ref>

[[C. Rajagopalachari|Rajaji]] was an ardent follower of this adheenam

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