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Tiruchenkattankudi Uthirapasupatheeswarar Temple ( Tamil: திருச்செங்காட்டங்குடி உத்தராபதீசுவரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple located at Tiruchengattankudi in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The historical name of the place is Ganapatheesaram.The temple is dedicated to Shiva, as the moolavar presiding deity, in his manifestation as Uthirapasupatheeswarar. His consort, Parvati, is known as Vaaitha Tirukuzhal Umai Nayaki.
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Significance
It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar.
Literary mention
Tirunavukkarasar describes the feature of the deity as:
References
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