Dharmapuram Adheenam
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]
 Dharmapuram Adheenam Headquarters, Dharmapuram, Mayiladuthurai | |
| Founder | Guru Gnanasambhandhar |
|---|---|
| Type | Religious |
| Location |
|
First Adheenam | Guru Gnanasambhandhar |
Present Adheenam | Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal |
| Affiliations | Hinduism, Shaivism |
| Website | http://www.dharmapuramadheenam.org/ |
History & activitiesEdit
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 AdheenamEdit
- 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)
NotesEdit
- ↑ 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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