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| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| district = [[Tiruvarur]]<br />
| location = Koilvenni in [[Tiruvarur district]]<br />
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| deity = Lord [[Shiva]]<br />
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[[File:KovilVenni Karumbeswarar1.jpg|thumb|Karumbeswarar temple entrance]]<br />
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'''Venni Karumbeswarar Temple'''<ref name="dinamalar"> {{cite web|url=http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=310|title= Sri Venni Karumbeswarar temple|publisher=temple.dinamalar.com|accessdate=2 September 2015}}</ref><br />
is a [[Hindu temple]] located at Koilvenni in [[Tiruvarur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The temple is dedicated to [[Shiva]], as the [[moolavar]] presiding deity, in his manifestation as Karumbeswarar. His consort, [[Parvati]], is known as Soundaranayagi. The historical name of the place is Tiruvenni.<ref name="dinamalar"/><br />
<ref name="shivatemples.com"> http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc102.php Venni Karumbeswarar Temple, Tiruvenniyur<br />
(now known as Koil Venni)</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]] and <br />
[[Tirunavukkarasar]].<ref name="shivatemples.com"/> It is also believed that patients suffering from diabetes will be cured of the disease if they make an offering of sugar to the main deity at this temple."Karumbu" in Tamil means sugarcane and the main linga is in the form of a bunch of sugarcane stems tied together.<br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
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File:Venni Karumbeswarar2.jpg|Profile<br />
File:Venni Karumbeswarar3.jpg|Another profile<br />
File:Venni Karumbeswarar4.jpg|Profile and courtyard<br />
File:Venni Karumbeswarar Sculpture.jpg|Sculpture<br />
File:Roof detail Venni Karumbeswarar temple.jpg|Vimana detail<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{cite web|title= Sri Venni Karumbeswarar temple|url= http://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=310 |publisher =[[Dinamalar]]}}<br />
* {{cite web|title= Venni Karumbeswarar Temple, Tiruvenniyur (now known as Koil Venni)|url= http://www.shivatemples.com/sofc/sc102.php |publisher=Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal}}<br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Tiruvarur district]]<br />
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