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'''Valivalam Manathunainathar Temple''' (வலிவலம் மனத்துணைநாதர் கோயில்)<ref name="ta.wikipedia.org">[[:ta:வலிவலம் மனத்துணைநாதர் கோயில்]]</ref><ref name="dinamalar"> {{cite web|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=236|title= Manathunainathar temple |publisher=temple.dinamalar.com|accessdate=15 September 2015}}</ref> is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Valivalam in [[Nagapattinam district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]], as the [[moolavar]] presiding deity, in his manifestation as Manathunainathar. His consort, [[Parvati]], is known as Maazhai Onkanni. <ref name="dinamalar"/><ref name="shivatemples.com">[http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc121.php Manathunainathar Temple, Tiruvalivalam]</ref><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]] [[Tirugnanasambandar]], [[Tirunavukkarasar]] and [[Sundarar]].<ref name="shivatemples.com"/><br />
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== History==<br />
The presiding deity is Shiva. There are also shrines to [[Surya]], [[Karamamamunivar]], the [[Pandavas]], [[Kocengannan]] and [[Arunagirinathar]]. The temple is believed to have been constructed by the [[Early Chola]] king Kocengannan and renovated in more recent times.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Manathunainathar temple <br />
|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=236|publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Manathunainathar Temple, Tiruvalivalam<br />
|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc121.php|publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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