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''' Tirundudevankudi Karkadeswarar Temple'''(திருந்துதேவன்குடி கற்கடகேசுவரர் கோயில்)<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:திருந்துதேவன்குடி கற்கடகேசுவரர் கோயில்]]</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Tirundudevankudi in [[Thanjavur district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The historical name of the place is Karkteeswaram and Nandankoil.<ref>[http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=386 Sri Karkadeswarar temple], [[Dinamalar]]</ref> The presiding deity is [[Shiva]]. He is called as <br />
Karkadeswarar. His consort is known as Apoorvanayaki.<br />
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== Significance ==<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]].<br />
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==Mythology==<br />
According to [[Hindu mythology]], the sage [[Durvasa]] once cursed a [[gandharva]] to be born as a [[crab]] in the world. However, feeling sorry for the crab, Durvasa, however, assured him that he might regain his actual form in the next birth if he meditated upon Shiva. Worshipping Shiva with utmost devotion in order to be guaranteed of a human birth in the next life, the crab incurred the jealousy of [[Indra]] who tried to kill him with a sword. However, at that instant, a hole manifested on the surface of the linga enabling the crab to escape.{{fact|date=August 2020}}<br />
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== Literary Mention ==<br />
Tirungnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:<ref>Tirugnanasambandar Tevaram, III: 25: 5</ref> <br />
{{cquote|விண்ணுலா வும்நெறி வீடுகாட் டும்நெறி<br><br />
மண்ணுலா வும்நெறி மயக்கந்தீர்க் கும்நெறி<br><br />
தெண்ணிலா வெண்மதி தீண்டுதே வன்குடி<br><br />
அண்ணலா னேறுடை அடிகள்வே டங்களே.}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Karkadeswarar temple|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=386 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Karkadeswarar Temple, Tirundudevankudi |url= http://www.shivatemples.com/nofc/nc42.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamilnadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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