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'''Tirukozhambiam Kokileswarar Temple''' (திருக்கோழம்பியம் கோகிலேஸ்வரர் கோயில்) is a [[Hindu temple]] located at [[Thanjavur district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The presiding deity is [[Shiva]]. He is called as Kokileswarar. His consort is Soundara Nayaki.<br />
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== Significance ==<br />
It is one 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]] saints [[Tirunavukkarasar]] and [[Campantar|Thirugnana Sambandar]].<br />
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== Legend ==<br />
According to Hindu legend, a person named Chandan was reborn as a [[nightingale]] (''kokila'') due to the curse of [[Indra]]. He meditated upon Shiva and reassumed his original form here. As per another legend, when a cow passed through the place, its feet trampled on a Sivalinga, which became this place.<ref name=Ka/><br />
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== Features ==<br />
The main idol is a ''[[shivalinga]]''. There are the footprints of a cow upon the ''shivalinga''. The temple is under the administration of the [[Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam]]. The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the banks of [[River Kaveri]].<ref name=Ka>{{cite book|title=River cauvery the most battl(r)ed|last=Ka. Vi.|first=Kannan|page=36|publisher=Notion Press|year=2019|isbn=9781684666041|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CGFDwAAQBAJ&q=thiruvavaduthurai}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Kokileswarar temple|url= https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=388|publisher=[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title=Kokileswarar Temple, Tirukozhambam|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc035.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Tirukolambiam kokilesvarar temple1.jpg|Main entrance<br />
File:Tirukolambiam kokilesvarar temple2.jpg|Balipeetam, nandi mandapam<br />
File:Tirukolambiam kokilesvarar temple4.jpg|Vimana of presiding deity<br />
File:Tirukolambiam kokilesvarar temple5.jpg|Vimana of goddess<br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Thanjavur district]]<br />
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