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[[File:Tirupugaluragnisvarartemple8.jpg|thumb|Vimana of Vardhamaneswarar]]<br />
[[File:Tirupugaluragnisvarartemple9.jpg|thumb|Vimanas of Agnipureeswarar and Vardhamaneswarar]]<br />
'''Tiruppugalur Vardhamaneswaram''' ({{Lang-ta|திருப்புகலூர் வர்த்தமானீஸ்வரம்}}) is a [[Hindu temple]] located in Tiruppugalur in the [[Tiruvarur district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]].<ref>[https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=402 Sri Varthamaneeswarar Temple, Dinamalar Temples]</ref><br />
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== Significance ==<br />
It is one of the shrines of the 275 [[Paadal Petra Sthalams]]. Praises of the temple have been sung by [[Sambandar]] in the ''[[Thevaram]]''. It is considered to be the 76th in the series of Tevara Stalams in the Chola kingdom located south of the river Kaveri.<ref name=abode>[http://templenet.com/Tamilnadu/s204.html Abodes of Siva, 204.Tiruppugalur Vardhamaneeswaram]</ref> This is 139th temple in the Chola country <ref>[http://www.trichytravels.com/sivathalams.html Trichy travels 139.Tiruppugalur Vardhamaneswaram]</ref> Sambandar sings about the deity as "Vasa mamalar udayar Vardhamaneswarathare..." as under:<ref>[http://www.kungumam.co.in/APArticalinnerdetail.aspx?id=4651&id1=50&id2=18&issue=20180716 Kungumam]</ref><ref>பு.மா.ஜெயசெந்தில்நாதன், திருமுறைத்தலங்கள், வர்த்தமானன் பதிப்பகம், சென்னை, 2009</ref><ref>[http://www.templeyatra.com/hymns/Devaram/Tirumurai2/TirupugalurVardhamanam.html Temple Yatra, திருஞானசம்பந்தர் தேவாரம் 2.92 திருப்புகலூர் வர்த்தமானீச்சரம் பண் - பியந்தைக்காந்தாரம்]</ref><br />
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''ஈசன்ஏறமர்கடவுள் இன்னமுது எந்தை எம்பெருமான்'' <br />
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''பூசுமாசில் வெண்ணீற்றர் பொலிவுடைப் பூம்புகலூரில்'' <br />
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''மூசுவண்டறை ன்றை முருகன்முப்போதுஞ் செய்முடிமேல்'' <br />
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''வாசமாமல ருடையார் வர்த்த மானீச்சரத்தாரே.''<br />
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==76th temple==<br />
Of the Paadal Petra Sthalams Thiruppugalur Vardhamaneeswaram is the 76th temple.<ref>[http://www.divinetraveller.net/padalpetrasthalam_table.html Divine Traveller 76. Tiruppugalur Vardhamaneswaram]</ref><ref>[http://templesoftamilnadu.co.in/padal-petra-sthalangal/ Paadal Petra Sthalangal, Thiruppugalur Vardhamaneswaram]</ref> This is found in the Chola Naadu of Tamil Nadu in the South of river Kaveri (128 temples) <ref>[https://greenmesg.org/bharatavarsha/pilgrimages/shiva/paadal_petra_sthalams/#Paadal_Petra_Sthalams_2, 76. Thiruppugalur Vardhamaneeswaram (திருப்புகலூர் வர்த்தமானீச்சரம்) (Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu)]</ref><br />
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== Speciality ==<br />
The temple Theertham is known as Agni Theertham. This Shivastalam is a part of the [[Agnipureeswarar Temple, Thirupugalur]] temple.<ref name=abode/> The vimanas of these shrines are found side by side.<br />
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== Presiding deity ==<br />
The presiding deity is Shiva. He is known as Vardhamaneswarar. The goddess of the temple is Karunthazhkuzhali.<ref name=abode/> As the shrines of Vardhamaneswarar and Agniswarar are found as one shrine one has to circumambulate these shrines at one stretch. It is not possible to go around the shrine of Vardhamaneswarar. Apart from this presiding deity has no separate flagpost and kosta sculptures.<ref>[http://koyil.siththan.org/archives/tag/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D Thiruppugalur. Alayam]</ref> The presiding deity is also known as Konal lingam, i.e., it appears as distorted or skewed manner. So, it is also known as Konal Piran.<ref>[http://www.dinakaran.com/Aanmeegam_Detail.asp?Nid=2028 கோணல் லிங்கம், தினகரன், 11 டிசம்பர் 2013]</ref><br />
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==Vaikasi Visakam==<br />
[[Vaisakha|Vaikasi Visakam]] festival is celebrated in a grand manner in this temple.<ref>[http://www.kamakoti.org/tamil/tirumurai176.htm Kamakoti, திருப்புகலூர் வர்த்தமானீச்சரம்]</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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