Dharmapuram Adheenam
Dharmapuram Adheenam Headquarters, Dharmapuram, Mayiladuthurai  | |
| Founder | Guru Gnanasambhandhar | 
|---|---|
| Type | Religious | 
| Location | 
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First Adheenam  | Guru Gnanasambhandhar | 
Present Adheenam  | Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal | 
| Affiliations | Hinduism, Shaivism | 
| Website | http://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[edit]
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]
Temples under Dharmapuram Adheenam[edit]
- Vaitheeswaran Koil
 - Thiruppanantaal Arunajadeswarar Temple
 - Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple, Thirukkadaiyur
 - Veerateeswarar Temple, Thirupariyalur
 - Uthavedeeswarar Temple, Kuthalam
 - Thirunanriyur
 - Yazhmoorinathar Temple, Thiru Dharmapuram, Karaikal
 - Aiyarappar Temple, Thiruvayyaru
 - Manakuddi
 - Karunkuilnathanpettai
 - Uchiravaneswarar Temple, Tiruvilanagar
 - Dharbaranyeswarar Temple, Tirunallar
 - Swayambhunathaswamy Temple, Peralam
 - Kampaheswarar Temple, Thirubuvanam
 - Shivalokathyagar Temple, Achalpuram
 - Veerateeswarar Temple, Tirukurukki
 - Mayiladuthurai (Sri Kasi Viswanathar 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[edit]
- ↑ 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.
 - ↑ 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.
 - ↑ Mahroof, M. M. M. (1993). "Arabic-Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka: Language as Mimicry". Islamic Studies. 32 (2): 169–189. JSTOR 20840120.
 - ↑ Krishnamurthy, R. (18 May 2001). "Succour for the sick". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 November 2002.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ "Successor to Dharmapuram Adheenam named". Outlook. PTI. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020.
 
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