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{{Short description|Hindu monastery in Tamil Nadu, India}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name                = Dharmapuram Aadheenam
| founder            = Guru Gnanasambhandhar
| type                = Religious
| location            = [[Mayiladuthurai]], Tamil Nadu, India
| leader_title        = First Adheenam
| leader_name        = Guru Gnanasambhandhar
| leader_title2      = Present Adheenam
| leader_name2        = Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal
| affiliations        = [[Hinduism]], [[Shaivism]]
| website            = http://www.dharmapuramadheenam.org/
| image = Dharmapuram Adheenam HeadQuarters.jpg
|caption = Dharmapuram Adheenam Headquarters, Dharmapuram, Mayiladuthurai
}}
'''Dharmapuram Aadheenam''' is a [[Saivite]] [[matha|monastic institution]] based in the town of [[Mayiladuthurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. As of 2019, there were a total of 27 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019">{{cite news |date=4 December 2019 |title=Head of ancient Dharmapuram Adheenam mutt in TN dies, aged 95 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114094208/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html |archive-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>
'''Dharmapuram Aadheenam''' is a [[Saivite]] [[matha|monastic institution]] based in the town of [[Mayiladuthurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]. As of 2019, there were a total of 27 [[Shiva]] temples under the control of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019">{{cite news |date=4 December 2019 |title=Head of ancient Dharmapuram Adheenam mutt in TN dies, aged 95 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114094208/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/head-of-ancient-dharmapuram-adheenam-mutt-in-tn-dies-aged-95-119120401424_1.html |archive-date=14 January 2020}}</ref>


==History & activities==
==History & activities==
The adheenam was founded during the 16th century, along with the [[Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam]] and the [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]], to spread the ideology of [[Saiva-Siddhanta|Saiva Sidhantam]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints |jstor=601112 |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |last=Peterson |first=Indira V. |authorlink=Indira Viswanathan Peterson |year=1982 |volume=102 |issue=1 |page=69–90}}</ref>{{rp|82}}
The adheenam was founded during the 16th century, along with the [[Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam]] and the [[Thiruppanandal Adheenam]], to spread the ideology of [[Saiva-Siddhanta|Saiva Sidhantam]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints |jstor=601112 |journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society |last=Peterson |first=Indira V. |authorlink=Indira Viswanathan Peterson |year=1982 |volume=102 |issue=1 |pages=69–90 |doi=10.2307/601112 }}</ref>{{rp|82}} Dharmapuram mutt was founded by [[Guru GnanaSambandar]].


The adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically the ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Arabic-Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka: Language as Mimicry |jstor=20840120 |page=169–189 |first=M. M. M. |last=Mahroof |journal=Islamic Studies |volume=32 |issue=2 |year=1993}}</ref>{{rp|182}} [[Vaitheeswaran Koil]], near [[Sirkazhi]], is one of the temples the adheenam maintains.<ref>{{cite news |last=Krishnamurthy |first=R. |title=Succour for the sick |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm |date=18 May 2001 |work=The Hindu |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021113233106/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm |archive-date=13 November 2002}}</ref>
The adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically the ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Arabic-Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka: Language as Mimicry |jstor=20840120 |first=M. M. M. |last=Mahroof |journal=Islamic Studies |volume=32 |issue=2 |year=1993|pages=169–189 }}</ref>{{rp|182}} [[Vaitheeswaran Koil]], near [[Sirkazhi]], is one of the temples the adheenam maintains.<ref>{{cite news |last=Krishnamurthy |first=R. |title=Succour for the sick |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm |date=18 May 2001 |work=The Hindu |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021113233106/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/05/18/stories/13180906.htm |archive-date=13 November 2002}}</ref>


The 26th [[acharya|Guru Maha Sannidhanam]] died on 4 December 2019, and was succeeded by Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal as the 27th Guru Maha Sannidhanam of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019" /><ref name="PTI2017">{{cite magazine |date=31 January 2017 |title=Successor to Dharmapuram Adheenam named |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 |magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413055226/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 |archive-date=13 April 2020}}</ref>
The 26th [[acharya|Guru Maha Sannidhanam]] died on 4 December 2019, and was succeeded by Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal as the 27th Guru Maha Sannidhanam of the adheenam.<ref name="PTI2019" /><ref name="PTI2017">{{cite magazine |date=31 January 2017 |title=Successor to Dharmapuram Adheenam named |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 |magazine=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]]|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413055226/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/successor-to-dharmapuram-adheenam-named/978116 |archive-date=13 April 2020}}</ref>
[[File:ஸ்ரீலஸ்ரீ மாசிலாமணி தேசிக ஞானசம்பந்த சுவாமிகள்.jpg|thumb|'''Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal'''(Second from left)]]
==Temples under Dharmapuram Adheenam==
{{columns-list|
* [[Vaitheeswaran Koil]]
* [[Tiruppanantaal Arunajadeswarar Temple|Thiruppanantaal Arunajadeswarar Temple]]
* [[Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple, Thirukkadaiyur]]
* [[Veerateeswarar Temple, Thirupariyalur]]
* [[Uthavedeeswarar Temple|Uthavedeeswarar Temple, Kuthalam]]
* Thirunanriyur
* [[Dharumapuram Yazhmoorinathar Temple|Yazhmoorinathar Temple, Thiru Dharmapuram, Karaikal]]
* [[Aiyarappar Temple|Aiyarappar Temple, Thiruvayyaru]]
* Manakuddi
* Karunkuilnathanpettai
* [[Tiruvilanagar Uchiravaneswarar Temple|Uchiravaneswarar Temple, Tiruvilanagar]]
* [[Tirunallar Dharbaranyeswarar Temple|Dharbaranyeswarar Temple, Tirunallar]]
* [[Swayambhunathaswamy Temple, Peralam]]
* [[Kampaheswarar Temple, Thirubuvanam]]
* [[Achalpuram Shivalokathyagar Temple|Shivalokathyagar Temple, Achalpuram]]
* [[Veerateeswarar Temple, Korukkai|Veerateeswarar Temple, Tirukurukki]]
* Mayiladuthurai (Sri Kasi Viswanathar Temple)
* [[Uchira Vaneswarar Temple|Vallalar Temple, Mayiladuthurai]]
* Mayiladuthurai (Kumara Kattalai)
* [[Mullaivananathar Temple]], Thirumulaivoyal
* [[Mahalingeswarar Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur]]
* [[Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi]]
* [[Uyyakondan Thirumalai Temple]]
* Thalagnayar
* [[Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Thirukkuvalai]]
* [[Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur]] - Rajanga Kattalai
* Dharmapuram
* Dharmapuram (Gnanapuriswara Temple)
}}


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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[[Category:Hindu monasteries in India]]
[[Category:Hindu monasteries in India]]
[[Category:Shaivism]]
[[Category:Shaivism]]
[[Category:Aadheenams]]

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Dharmapuram Aadheenam
Dharmapuram Adheenam Headquarters, Dharmapuram, Mayiladuthurai
FounderGuru Gnanasambhandhar
TypeReligious
Location
First Adheenam
Guru Gnanasambhandhar
Present Adheenam
Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal
AffiliationsHinduism, Shaivism
Websitehttp://www.dharmapuramadheenam.org/

Dharmapuram Aadheenam is a Saivite monastic institution based in the town of Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu. As of 2019, there were a total of 27 Shiva temples under the control of the adheenam.[1]

History & activities

The adheenam was founded during the 16th century, along with the Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam and the Thiruppanandal Adheenam, to spread the ideology of Saiva Sidhantam.[2]:82 Dharmapuram mutt was founded by Guru GnanaSambandar.

The adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically the Thevaram and Tiruvasakam and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.[3]:182 Vaitheeswaran Koil, near Sirkazhi, is one of the temples the adheenam maintains.[4]

The 26th Guru Maha Sannidhanam died on 4 December 2019, and was succeeded by Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal as the 27th Guru Maha Sannidhanam of the adheenam.[1][5]

Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal(Second from left)

Temples under Dharmapuram Adheenam

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Head of ancient Dharmapuram Adheenam mutt in TN dies, aged 95". Business Standard. PTI. 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020.
  2. ↑ Peterson, Indira V. (1982). "Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 102 (1): 69–90. doi:10.2307/601112. JSTOR 601112.
  3. ↑ Mahroof, M. M. M. (1993). "Arabic-Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka: Language as Mimicry". Islamic Studies. 32 (2): 169–189. JSTOR 20840120.
  4. ↑ Krishnamurthy, R. (18 May 2001). "Succour for the sick". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 November 2002.
  5. ↑ "Successor to Dharmapuram Adheenam named". Outlook. PTI. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020.

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