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'''Vadathirthesvarar Temple, Andanallur''', is a [[Shiva|Siva]] temple in [[Andanallur]] in [[Trichy]] District in [[Tamil Nadu]] (India).<ref name="bmj">ஆலந்துறை/அந்தநல்லூர், பு.மா.ஜெயசெந்தில்நாதன், தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், வர்த்தமானன் பதிப்பகம், சென்னை, 2009</ref><br />
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==Vaippu Sthalam==<br />
It is one of the shrines of the [[Vaippu Sthalam]]s.<ref name="bmj"/> This temple is found at Andanallur near Tiruchendurai in Trichy-Karur road.{{fact|date=July 2020}}<br />
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==Presiding deity==<br />
The presiding deity Vadathirthesvarar and Alandurai Mahadevar. His consort is known as Balasundari and Balasoundaranayaki.<ref name="bmj"/> The niches of the ''karnakutas'' of the first ''tala'' contains images of a kneeling man on the left and a kneeling lady in the right. Such a feature is otherwise found in [[Neyyadiappar Temple, Tillaistanam]] and [[Dandeeswarar Temple]] in [[Velachery]].<ref name=D45>{{cite report|title=The Mahadeva temple of Tillaisthanam|last=D.|first=Devakunjari|volume=II|issue=III|journal=Damilica|publisher=The State Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamil Nadu|editor-last=R.|editor-first=nagaswamy|year=1973|url=https://www.tnarch.gov.in/Library%20BOOk%20PDF/Damalica%20vol-II.pdf|format=PDF}}</ref><br />
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==Prakara==<br />
This temple belongs to the period of [[Parantaka I|Parantaka Chola]]. In the [[Prakaram]] shrines of [[Ganesha|Vinayaka]], [[Kartikeya|Subramania]] [[Lakshmi|Gajalakshmi]], [[Navagraha]], [[Chandra]], [[Surya]] and [[Bhairava|Bairava]] are found.<ref name="bmj"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://shaivam.org/temples-of-lord-shiva/moovar-thevara-vaippu-thalangal மூவர் தேவார வைப்புத்தலங்கள், AlandhuRai, Sl.No.18 of 139 temples]<br />
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