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| name = Tirukkollampudur Vilvaranyeswarar Temple<br />
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| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| district = [[Tiruvarur]]<br />
| location = Tirukollampudur in [[Tiruvarur district]]<br />
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| deity = Lord [[Shiva]]<br />
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'''Tirukkollampudur Vilvaranyeswarar Temple'''<ref name="dinamalar"> {{cite web|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=344|title= Vilvaranyeswarar Temple |publisher=temple.dinamalar.com|accessdate=7 September 2015}}</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Tirukollampudur in [[Tiruvarur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]], as the [[moolavar]] presiding deity, in his manifestation as Vilvaranyeswarar. His consort, [[Parvati]], is known as Soundara Nayaki. The historical name of the place is Koovilambur. <ref name="dinamalar"/><ref name="shivatemples.com">[http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc113.php Vilvavaneswarar Temple, Tirukollampudur]</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]] [[Tirugnanasambandar]] .<ref name="shivatemples.com"/><br />
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Pancha Aranya Sthalams: Aranyam means forest and the following five temples at different forests Thanjavur / Kumbakonam / Thiruvarur region are revered as “Pancha Aranya Sthalams”.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc099.php|title=Paadhaaleswarar Temple, Tiruaradai Perumpaazhi (Haridwara Mangalam)}}</ref><br />
* 1. Sri [[Mullaivananathar Temple]] at Tirukkarugavur – Mullai vanam [SCN018]<br />
* 2. Sri [[Avalivanallur Satchinathar Temple|Satchi Nathar Temple]] at Avalivanallur – Paadhiri vanam [SCN100]<br />
* 3. Sri Paathaaleswarar Temple at Thiru Aradaipperumpazhi (Haridwara mangalam) – Vanni vanam [SCN099]<br />
* 4. Sri Aapathsahayeswarar Temple at Thiru Erumpoolai (Alangudi) – Poolai vanam [SCN098]<br />
* 5. Sri Vilvavaneswarar Temple at Thirukollam Pudhur – Vilva vanam [SCN113]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Vilvaranyeswarar Temple <br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=344|publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Vilvavaneswarar Temple, Tirukollampudur<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc113.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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