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''' Tirukattupalli Aranyeswarar Temple''' (திருக்காட்டுப்பள்ளி ஆரண்யேஸ்வரர் கோயில்) is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Keezhai Tirukattupalli in [[Mayiladuthurai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>[http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=211 Sri Aranyeswarar temple]</ref> The presiding deity is [[Shiva]]. He is called as Aranyeswarar. His consort is known as Akhilandeswari.<br />
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== Significance ==<br />
It is one of the shrines of the 275 [[Paadal Petra Sthalams]] - [[Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu#Sthalams|Shiva Sthalams]] glorified in the early medieval ''[[Tevaram]]'' poems by Tamil Saivite [[Nayanars|Nayanar]] [[Tirugnanasambandar]]. The [[Deva (Hinduism)|Devas]] are believed to have worshipped Shiva in this temple.<ref name=Ayyar>{{cite book|title=South Indian Shrines: Illustrated|page=244|last=Ayyar|first=P. V. Jagadisa|publisher=Asian Educational Service|year=1993|isbn=81-206-0151-3|edition=2nd|location=New Delhi}}</ref><br />
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== Literary mention ==<br />
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:<ref>Gnanasambandar Tevaram, I: 5: 8</ref> <br />
{{cquote|பிறையுடை யான்பெரி யோர்கள்பெம்மான் பெய்கழ னாடொறும் பேணியேத்த<br><br />
மறையுடை யான்மழு வாளுடையான் வார்தரு மால்கடல் நஞ்சமுண்ட<br><br />
கறையுடை யான்கன லாடுகண்ணாற் காமனைக் காய்ந்தவன் காட்டுப்பள்ளிக்<br><br />
குறையுடை யான்குறட் பூதச்செல்வன் குரைகழ லேகைகள் கூப்பினோமே.}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Aranyeswarar temple<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=211 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= AranyaSundareswarar Temple, KeezhaiTirukattupalli<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/nofc/nc12.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Mayiladuthurai district]]<br />
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