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'''Tirumanancheri Udhvaganathar Temple''' (திருமணஞ்சேரி உத்வாகநாதர் கோயில்)<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:திருமணஞ்சேரி உத்வாகநாதர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] at [[Thirumanancheri]] in [[Mayiladuthurai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref name="dm">{{cite web | title=Udhvaganathar- Tirumananjeri - Tamilnadu Temple - உத்வாகநாதர் சுவாமி | website=Udhvaganathar Temple : Udhvaganathar Temple Details | url=https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=273 | language=la | access-date=2023-06-24}}</ref> The presiding deity is [[Shiva]].<ref name="y552">{{cite web | title=Puja and Prasadam for Early and Successful Marriage | website=Puja and Prasadam for Early and Successful Marriage | date=2020-12-20 | url=https://thirumanancheri.org/ | access-date=2024-07-25}}</ref> He is called Udhvaganathar. His consort is known as Kokhila. Sri Kalyanasundareswarar Swamy Temple is another name for this temple.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://thirumanancheri.info/ | title=Om Nama Shivaya |website=thirumanancheri.info | access-date=2024-08-14}}</ref><br />
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== Significance ==<br />
It is a shrine 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]] [[Tirugnanasambandar]] and [[Tirunavukkarasar]].<ref name="dm"/> 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=40|publisher=Notion Press|year=2019|isbn=978-1-68466-604-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CGFDwAAQBAJ&q=thiruvavaduthurai}}</ref><br />
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== Literary mention ==<br />
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as in Gnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 16: 4. Tirunavukkarasar describes the feature of the deity in Tirunavukkarasar Tevaram, V: 87: 6.<br />
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==Edirkolpadi Temple, Thirumanancheri==<br />
Edirkolpadi Temple is nearby in the same town. This is one of the Thevaram Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam of Kaveri Vadakarai in Chozha Nadu. It is also called Melai Thirumanajeri.<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Udhvaganathar temple<br />
|url= https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=273 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Arulvallalnathar Temple, Tirumananjeri |url= http://www.shivatemples.com/nofc/nc25.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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