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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Hindu temple<br />
| name = Mehanadhar Temple<br />
| image = Lalithambigai1.jpg<br />
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| caption = <br />
| map_type = India Tamil Nadu<br />
| map_caption = Location in Tamil Nadu<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|10|57|46|N|79|38|50|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| native_name = Lalithambika temple<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| district = [[Tiruvarur district|Thiruvarur]]<br />
| location = Tirumeichur<br />
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| deity = Mehanathar ([[Shiva]])<br />
Lalithambika ([[Parvathi]])<br />
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| tower = <br />
| festivals= <br />
| architecture = [[Dravidian architecture]]<br />
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'''Tirumeeyachur Mehanadhar Temple'''<ref name="dinamalar">{{Cite web<br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=599<br />
|title= Sri Mehanadhar temple|work=Dinamalar temples<br />
|accessdate=8 August 2015<br />
}}</ref><br />
(திருமீயச்சூர் மேகநாதர் கோயில்) is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Thirumeeyachur in [[Tiruvarur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>[http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc056.php Muyarchinatheswarar Temple, Tirumeeyachur]</ref> The presiding deity is [[Shiva]]. He is called as Meganathaswami. His consort is known as Lalithambika.<ref name="dm">[http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=599 Sri Mehanadhar temple]</ref><br />
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== Significance ==<br />
[[File:Lalithambigai3.jpg|200x200px|left|Image of temple towers|thumb]]<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]].<ref name="dm"/> [[Tirumeeyachur Ilamkovil Sakalabhuvaneswarar Temple]] is also found in this temple premises.<br />
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== Literary mention ==<br />
[[File:Lalithambigai2.jpg|200x200px|left|Image of Kshetra Puraneswarar|thumb]]<br />
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:<ref>Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 62:7</ref> <br />
{{cquote|நீல வடிவர் மிடறு நெடியர் நிகரில்லார்<br><br />
கோல வடிவு தமதாங் கொள்கை யறிவொண்ணார்<br><br />
காலர் கழலர் கரியி னுரியர் மழுவாளர்<br><br />
மேலர் மதியர் விதியர் மீயச் சூராரே.}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Mehanadhar temple|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=599 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Muyarchinatheswarar Temple, Tirumeeyachur<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc056.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
<gallery class="center"><br />
Tirumiyachur meganathar temple3.jpg|Rajagopuram<br />
Tirumiyachur meganathar temple4.jpg|Flagpost<br />
Tirumiyachur meganathar temple5.jpg|Front mandapa<br />
Tirumiyachur meganathar temple6.jpg|Vimana of the presiding deity<br />
Tirumiyachur meganathar temple7.jpg|Mehanadhar vimana and Sakalabhuvanesvarar vimana<br />
Tirumiyachur meganathar temple8.jpg|Vimana from north side<br />
</gallery><br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Tiruvarur district]]<br />
[[Category:Padal Petra Stalam]]</div>
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