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{{Infobox Hindu temple
| name = Vaimoornathar Temple
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| map_type = India Tamil Nadu
| map_caption = Location in [[Tamil Nadu]]
| coordinates = {{coord|10|37|N|79|43|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| native_name = Tiruvaimur
| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| district = [[Tiruvarur district|Tiruvarur]]
| location = Tiruvaimur
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| deity = Vaimoornathar([[Shiva]])
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'''Vaimoornathar Temple''' is a [[Hindu temple]] dedicated to Lord [[Shiva]] located in Tiruvaimur in [[Tiruvarur district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The temple is revered in the hymns of 7th-century-CE [[Tamil people|Tamil]] ''[[saivite]]'' poets, [[Appar]] and [[Campantar]] and is classified as ''[[Paadal Petra Sthalam]]'' (No:124).

==The Temple==
The presiding deity is Vaimoornathar ([[Lord Siva]]) is believed to have been worshipped by [[Surya]](Sun god).<ref>''South Indian shrines: illustrated''.P.254.P. V. Jagadisa Ayyar</ref> [[Lord Siva]] appeared in the dreams of [[Appar]], the 7th-century-CE ''[[Nayanars|nayanar]]'' and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ''[[saivite]]'' poet and ordered him to make to Tiruvaimur. After making his visits to [[Apathsahayar Temple, Thirupazhanam|Tirupazhanam]], [[Swetha Vinayagar Temple|Tiruvalanchuzhi]], [[Kalyanasundaresar Temple, Nallur|Tirunallur]] and [[Kumbakonam]] arrived at the temple here on the day of Tirvathirai for temple festivities.<ref>''Mysticism and metaphysics in Saiva Siddhanta: a study of the concept of self in the Śivajñānabodham of Meykaṇḍa Deva in relation to the mystical experience of Appar'' .P.22.J. X. Muthupackiam</ref> [[Sambandar]] also followed him and both these poets revered the Lord here with their hymns. Thyagarajar is called Neela Vidangar and is believed to perform Kamala Natanam.<ref name=Meena>{{cite book|title=Temples in South India|last=V.|first=Meena|publisher=Harikumar Arts|location=Kanniyakumari|year=1974|edition=1st|page=36}}</ref>

==Processional Dance==
The [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur|Thyagarajar Temple]] at Tiruvarur is famous for the ''ajapa thanam''(dance without chanting), that is executed by the deity itself. According to legend, a [[Chola]] king named Mucukunta obtained a boon from [[Indra]](a celestial deity) and wished to receive an image of Thyagaraja Swamy(presiding deity, Shiva in the temple) reposing on the chest of reclining Lord Vishnu. Indra tried to misguide the king and had six other images made, but the king chose the right image at Tiruvarur. The other six images were installed in Thiruvaimur, Thirukkuvalai, Nagapattinam, Tirukarayil, Thirunallar, and [[Tirumaraikadu]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The great temple at Tanjore|last=Pillai|first=J.M. Somanasundaram|publisher=Tamil University, Thanjavur|year=1994|page=9}}</ref><ref>''Glimpses of the history of Karaikkal''.Saroja Sundararajan</ref> All the seven places are villages situated in the river [[Cauvery]] delta. All seven Thyagaraja images are said to dance when taken in procession(it is the bearers of the processional deity who actually dance). The temples with dance styles are regarded as ''Saptha Vidangam''(seven dance moves)<ref>''The Journal of the Music Academy, Madras: Volumes 33-34 ''.Music Academy (Madras, India) - 1962</ref> and the related temples are as under:<ref>''Nityasumaṅgalī: devadasi tradition in South India ''.P.146. Saskia C. Kersenboom-Story</ref>

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| width="140pt" | '''Vidangar Temple'''
| width="140pt" | '''Dance pose'''
| width="250pt" | '''Meaning'''
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|- style="background:#ffe;"
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| [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur|Thyagarajar Temple]]
| ''Vidhividangar''
| ''Ajabathaanam''
| Dance without chanting, resembling the dance of Sri Thyagaraja resting on Lord Vishnu's chest
|-
| [[Dharbaranyeswarar Temple]]
| ''Nagaradangar''
| ''Unmathanathaanam''
| Dance of an intoxicated person
|-
| [[Kayarohanaswami Temple, Nagapattinam|Kayarohanaswamy Temple]]
| ''Sundaravidangar''
| ''Vilathithaanam''
| Dancing like waves of sea
|-
| [[Kannayariamudayar Temple, Thirukkarayil|Kannayariamudayar Temple]]
| ''Adhividangar''
| ''Kukunathaanam''
| Dancing like a cock
|-
| [[Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Thirukkuvalai|Brahmapureeswarar Temple]]
| ''Avanividangar''
| ''Brunganathaanam''
| Dancing like a bee that hovers over a flower
|-
| Vaimoornaathar Temple
| ''Nallavidangar''
| ''Kamalanaanathaanam''
| Dance like lotus that moves in a breeze
|-
| [[Vedaranyeswarar Temple]]
| ''Bhuvanivividangar''
| ''Hamsapthanathaanam''
| Dancing with the gait of a swan
|}

==References==
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{{Famous Shiva temples}}

[[Category:Padal Petra Stalam]]
[[Category:Shiva temples in Tiruvarur district]]

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