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| name = Tirunatyattankudi Rathnapureeswarar Temple<br />
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| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| district = [[Tiruvarur]]<br />
| location = Tirunattiyathankudi in [[Tiruvarur district]]<br />
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| deity = Lord [[Shiva]]<br />
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[[File:Tirunatyattankudi Rathnapureeswarar Temple.jpg|thumb|Rajagopura]]<br />
'''Tirunatyattankudi Rathnapureeswarar Temple'''<ref name="dinamalar"> {{cite web|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=357|title= Rathnapureeswarar temple |publisher=temple.dinamalar.com|accessdate=12 September 2015}}</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Tirunattiyathankudi in [[Tiruvarur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]], as the [[moolavar]] presiding deity, in his manifestation as Rathnapureeswarar. He is also known as Manikkavannar. His consort, [[Parvati]], is known as Mangalambikai. <ref name="dinamalar"/><ref name="shivatemples.com">[http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc118.php Manikkavannar Temple, Tirunaattiyathaankudi]</ref><br />
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== Structure ==<br />
In the temple [[Gopuram|rajagopura]], [[Dhwaja Stambha]] and [[Nandi (mythology)|nandhi]] found. In the [[prakara]] shrines of [[Kotpuli|Kotpuli Nayanar]], [[Sambandar|Gnanasambandar]], [[Appar|Navukkarasar]], [[Sundarar]], [[Manikkavacakar]], [[Vinayaka]], [[Subramania|Muruga]] with Valli and Deivanai, Kasi Visvanathar, Visalakshi, Gajalakshmi, Sandikesvara are found. In the [[Kosta (architectural feature)|kosta]], Vinayaka, [[Dakshinamurti]], [[Lingodbhava]], [[Brahma]] and [[Durga]] are found. Shrine of the goddess is found in the left side of the sanctum sanctorum of the presiding deity. Just in front of the rajagopura, shrine of Vinayaka is found outside the temple.<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]] [[Sundarar]].<ref name="shivatemples.com"/><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Rathnapureeswarar temple <br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=357|publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Manikkavannar Temple, Tirunaattiyathaankudi<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc118.php|publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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