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style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi is located in Tamil Nadu"><img alt="Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi is located in Tamil Nadu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg/240px-India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg/360px-India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg/480px-India_Tamil_Nadu_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1591" data-file-height="1975" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:42.075%;left:76.695%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi"><img alt="Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Om_symbol.svg/8px-Om_symbol.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Om_symbol.svg/12px-Om_symbol.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Om_symbol.svg/16px-Om_symbol.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="367" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Geographic coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Sattainathar_Temple,_Sirkazhi&params=11_14_N_79_44_E_type:landmark_region:IN"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">11°14′N</span> <span class="longitude">79°44′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">11.233°N 79.733°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">11.233; 79.733</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFC569">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dravidian_architecture" title="Dravidian architecture">Dravidian architecture</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sattainathar temple, Sirkazhi</b> (also called <b>Brahmapureeswarar temple</b> and <b>Thoniappar temple</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> temple dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Sirkali" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirkali">Sirkali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The temple is incarnated by the hymns of <a href="/wiki/Thevaram" title="Thevaram">Thevaram</a> and is classified as <i><a href="/wiki/Paadal_Petra_Sthalam" title="Paadal Petra Sthalam">Paadal Petra Sthalam</a></i>. It is an ancient temple complex with three different Shiva shrines in three stories. </p><p>The Bhramapureeswarar shrine is housed in the lower level. Brahmapureeswarar is accompanied by Ambal <i>Sthira sundari/Thiripurasundari</i> or <i>Thirunilainayaki</i> in Tamil. The second-level houses Periyanakar with Periyanayaki on a <i>Thoni</i>, hence the name Thoniappar. Sattainathar/Vatukanathar is also housed here. There are 22 water bodies associated with this shrine. Three different forms of Shiva are worshipped here, the Shivalingam (Bhrammapureeswarar), a colossal image of Uma Maheswarar (Toniappar) at the medium level, and <a href="/wiki/Bhairava" title="Bhairava">Bhairavar</a> (Sattanathar) at the upper level. The temple is associated with the legend of child <a href="/wiki/Sambandar" title="Sambandar">Sambandar</a> who is believed to have been fed by <a href="/wiki/Parvathi" class="mw-redirect" title="Parvathi">Parvathi</a> on the banks of the temple tank. The child later went on to compose <i><a href="/wiki/Tevaram" title="Tevaram">Tevaram</a></i>, a Saiva canonic literature on Shiva and became one of the most revered Saiva poets in South India. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_and_origin">Etymology and origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sattainathar_Temple,_Sirkazhi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology and origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:408px;max-width:408px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sattainathar_temple_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Sattainathar_temple_%283%29.jpg/200px-Sattainathar_temple_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Sattainathar_temple_%283%29.jpg/300px-Sattainathar_temple_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Sattainathar_temple_%283%29.jpg/400px-Sattainathar_temple_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sattainathar_temple_(10).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sattainathar_temple_%2810%29.jpg/200px-Sattainathar_temple_%2810%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sattainathar_temple_%2810%29.jpg/300px-Sattainathar_temple_%2810%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Sattainathar_temple_%2810%29.jpg/400px-Sattainathar_temple_%2810%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Walls of the temple around the third precinct</div></div></div></div> <p>In ancient times, this town had twelve different names, including Brahmapuram, Venupuram, Thonipuram, Kazhumalam, Pugali, Sirkazhiswaram and Shri Kali.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECity_Corporate_cum_Business_Plan_for_Sirkazhi_Municipality2009_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECity_Corporate_cum_Business_Plan_for_Sirkazhi_Municipality2009-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPillai190491_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPillai190491-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As per popular belief, Kali is believed to have worshipped the presiding deity, Brahmapureeswarar, and thus the place came to be known as <i>Srikalipuram</i>, which went on to become <i>Shiyali</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao201220–23_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERao201220–23-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Tamil legend, during one of the biggest deluges that submerged the planet earth, Tamil god Shiva is said to have carried the <a href="/wiki/Kal%C4%81" title="Kalā">64 arts</a> on a raft (called <i>Thoni</i> in Tamil). The presiding deity in the temple, Shiva, is thus called "Thoniappar" (the one who carried the raft) and the region is called "Thonipuram".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAyyar1991244_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAyyar1991244-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAyyar199142_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAyyar199142-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEV.K.200745_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEV.K.200745-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPillai190491_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPillai190491-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Hindu god <a href="/wiki/Brahma" title="Brahma">Brahma</a> is believed to have worshiped Shiva here, giving the name "Bhramapureeswarar" (the one worshipped by Brahma) and so the region is also referred as "Bhramapureeswaram".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDirector_of_Census_operations199155_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDirector_of_Census_operations199155-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPillai190491_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPillai190491-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town is thus called "Sattainathapuram", which in modern times, is a suburb within Sirkazhi. The town was known as "Kalumalam" during the early Chola period.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAiyangar191192_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAiyangar191192-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Sambandar" title="Sambandar">Thirugnanasambandar</a>, the seventh century Saiva <a href="/wiki/Nayanars" title="Nayanars">nayanar</a>, as an infant is believed to have been fed with the milk of wisdom by the divine mother <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a> on the banks of the temple tank. The child Sambandar started singing the anthology of <i><a href="/wiki/Tevaram" title="Tevaram">Tevaram</a></i> hymns from then on, commencing with "Todudaiya Seviyan". Sambandar refers the town as "Kazhi" in his verses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAyyar1991244_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAyyar1991244-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAyyar199142_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAyyar199142-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEV.K.200745_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEV.K.200745-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPillai190491_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPillai190491-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was called Shiyali during <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British rule</a>, and after <a href="/wiki/India%27s_independence" class="mw-redirect" title="India's independence">Independence</a>, it was renamed "Sirkazhi".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECity_Corporate_cum_Business_Plan_for_Sirkazhi_Municipality2009_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECity_Corporate_cum_Business_Plan_for_Sirkazhi_Municipality2009-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The temple is maintained by <a href="/wiki/Dharmapuram_Adheenam" title="Dharmapuram Adheenam">Dharmapuram Adheenam</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Saivite" class="mw-redirect" title="Saivite">Saivite</a> <a href="/wiki/Matha" title="Matha">mutt</a> or monastic institution located in the town of Mayiladuthurai, India. As of 1987, there were a total of 27 <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> temples under the control of the <i>adheenam</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sattainathar_Temple,_Sirkazhi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sattainathar_temple_(25).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sattainathar_temple_%2825%29.jpg/200px-Sattainathar_temple_%2825%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sattainathar_temple_%2825%29.jpg/300px-Sattainathar_temple_%2825%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sattainathar_temple_%2825%29.jpg/400px-Sattainathar_temple_%2825%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>The central shrine with three levels</figcaption></figure> <p>The temple has a vast <i><a href="/wiki/Prakaram" title="Prakaram">Prakarams</a></i> (courtyards) with high walls of enclosure. There are two sets of seven-tiered <i><a href="/wiki/Gopuram" title="Gopuram">gopurams</a></i> on the outer walls of the enclosure. The porch on the entrance from the second to the first prakara date back to 10th to 11th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBranfoot201595_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBranfoot201595-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original shrine during the period of the <a href="/wiki/Nayanars" title="Nayanars">Nayanmars</a> included the shrine of Bhrammapureeswarar, on the southern bund of the temple tank; the Tonniappar shrine on a mound west of the central shrine, and the Sattanathar shrine in the second floor reached from the southern <i>praharam</i>(outer courtyard) of the Toniappar shrine by a flight of steps. The enlargement of the original temple happened during the period of <a href="/wiki/Kulothunga_Chola_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulothunga Chola I">Kulothunga Chola I</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vikrama_Chola" title="Vikrama Chola">Vikrama Chola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kulothunga_Chola_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulothunga Chola II">Kulothunga Chola II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kulothunga_Chola_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulothunga Chola III">Kulothunga Chola III</a> (as in <a href="/wiki/Chidambaram" title="Chidambaram">Chidambaram</a> - 11th through the 13th centuries).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTES.2012433_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTES.2012433-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The temple is a holy site for <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> and thousands of devotees come to pay homage to the deities.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The image of <a href="/wiki/Parvathi" class="mw-redirect" title="Parvathi">Parvathi</a> in the form of Sthira Sundari is located in the basement in a separate shrine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEV.197439_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEV.197439-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tirugnana_Sambandar">Tirugnana Sambandar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sattainathar_Temple,_Sirkazhi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tirugnana Sambandar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:408px;max-width:408px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sattainathar_temple_(7).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Sattainathar_temple_%287%29.jpg/200px-Sattainathar_temple_%287%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Sattainathar_temple_%287%29.jpg/300px-Sattainathar_temple_%287%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Sattainathar_temple_%287%29.jpg/400px-Sattainathar_temple_%287%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sattainathar_temple_(8).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Sattainathar_temple_%288%29.jpg/200px-Sattainathar_temple_%288%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Sattainathar_temple_%288%29.jpg/300px-Sattainathar_temple_%288%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Sattainathar_temple_%288%29.jpg/400px-Sattainathar_temple_%288%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Legend of <a href="/wiki/Sambandar" title="Sambandar">Sambandar</a> fed by <a href="/wiki/Parvathi" class="mw-redirect" title="Parvathi">Parvathi</a> and the child becoming a saint</div></div></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sambandar" title="Sambandar">Sambandar</a> was a young <a href="/wiki/Saiva" title="Saiva">Saiva</a> poet-saint of Tamil Nadu who lived around the 7th century CE.<sup id="cite_ref-date_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-date-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is one of the most prominent of the sixty-three <a href="/wiki/Nayanars" title="Nayanars">Nayanars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil people">Tamil</a> <a href="/wiki/Saiva" title="Saiva">Saiva</a> <a href="/wiki/Bhakti_movement" title="Bhakti movement">bhakti</a> saints who lived between the sixth and the tenth centuries CE. Sambandar's hymns to <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> were later collected to form the first three volumes of the <i><a href="/wiki/Tirumurai" title="Tirumurai">Tirumurai</a></i>, the religious canon of Tamil <a href="/wiki/Saiva_Siddhanta" class="mw-redirect" title="Saiva Siddhanta">Saiva Siddhanta</a>. He was a contemporary of <a href="/wiki/Appar" title="Appar">Appar</a>, another Saiva saint.<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopaedia_of_Jainism,_Volume_1,_page_5468_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopaedia_of_Jainism,_Volume_1,_page_5468-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sambandar" title="Sambandar">Sambandar</a> was born to Sivapada Hrudiyar and his wife Bhagavathiar who lived in <a href="/wiki/Sirkazhi" title="Sirkazhi">Sirkazhi</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>. They were a saivite Brahmins who at that point of time professed <a href="/wiki/Rig_veda" class="mw-redirect" title="Rig veda">Rig veda</a>. The group of servitors wore tuft on top of their head with a tilt towards right, as seen in all murals and statues of sambandar and also finds mention in the related hagiographies of that period and also of the later periods like that of arunagirinathar. According to legend, when Sambandar was three years old his parents took him to the Shiva temple where Shiva and his consort <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a> appeared before the child. The goddess nursed him at her breast. His father saw drops of milk on the child's mouth and asked who had fed him, whereupon the boy pointed to the sky and responded with the song <i>Todudaya Seviyan</i> - the first verse of the <i>Tevaram</i>. At his investiture with the sacred thread, at the age of seven, he is said to have expounded the <a href="/wiki/Veda" class="mw-redirect" title="Veda">Vedas</a> with clarity. Sri <a href="/wiki/Sankaracharya" class="mw-redirect" title="Sankaracharya">Sankaracharya</a> who lived in the subsequent century has also referred to sambandar in one hymn of <a href="/wiki/Soundarya_Lahari" class="mw-redirect" title="Soundarya Lahari">Soundarya Lahari</a>, praising him as a gifted Tamil child (Tamil sisu) who was fed with milk of divine gnosis by goddess <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Uma</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Festivals">Festivals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sattainathar_Temple,_Sirkazhi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:341px;max-width:341px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:75px;max-width:75px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:96px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sattainathar_temple_(13).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Sattainathar_temple_%2813%29.jpg/73px-Sattainathar_temple_%2813%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="73" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Sattainathar_temple_%2813%29.jpg/110px-Sattainathar_temple_%2813%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Sattainathar_temple_%2813%29.jpg/146px-Sattainathar_temple_%2813%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:130px;max-width:130px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:96px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sattainathar_temple_(6).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sattainathar_temple_%286%29.jpg/128px-Sattainathar_temple_%286%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="128" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sattainathar_temple_%286%29.jpg/192px-Sattainathar_temple_%286%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Sattainathar_temple_%286%29.jpg/256px-Sattainathar_temple_%286%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:130px;max-width:130px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:96px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sattainathar_temple_(5).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Sattainathar_temple_%285%29.jpg/128px-Sattainathar_temple_%285%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="128" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Sattainathar_temple_%285%29.jpg/192px-Sattainathar_temple_%285%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Sattainathar_temple_%285%29.jpg/256px-Sattainathar_temple_%285%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Gopurams of the temple</div></div></div></div> <p>The temple priests perform the <i><a href="/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)">pooja</a></i> (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. Like other Shiva temples of Tamil Nadu, the priests belong to the <a href="/wiki/Shaivism" title="Shaivism">Shaivaite</a> community, a Brahmin sub-caste. The temple rituals are performed six times a day; Ushathkalam at 5:30 a.m., Kalasanthi at 8:00 a.m., Uchikalam at 10:00 a.m., Sayarakshai at 6:00 p.m., Irandamkalam at 8:00 p.m. and Ardha Jamam at 10:00 p.m. Each ritual comprises four steps: <i>abhisheka</i> (sacred bath), <i>alangaram</i> (decoration), <i>neivethanam</i> (food offering) and <i>deepa aradanai</i> (waving of lamps) for all the three Shiva shrines. The worship is held amidst music with <i><a href="/wiki/Nagaswaram" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagaswaram">nagaswaram</a></i> (pipe instrument) and <i><a href="/wiki/Tavil" class="mw-redirect" title="Tavil">tavil</a></i> (percussion instrument), religious instructions in the <a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a> read by priests and prostration by worshippers in front of the temple mast. There are weekly rituals like <i><span title="Telugu-language text"><i lang="te-Latn">somavaram</i></span></i> and <i><span title="Telugu-language text"><i lang="te-Latn">sukravaram</i></span></i>, fortnightly rituals like <i><a href="/wiki/Pradosha" title="Pradosha">pradosham</a></i> and monthly festivals like <i><a href="/wiki/Amavasya" title="Amavasya">amavasai</a></i> (new moon day), <i>kiruthigai</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Pournami_(festival)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pournami (festival)">pournami</a></i> (full moon day) and <i>sathurthi</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_importance">Religious importance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sattainathar_Temple,_Sirkazhi&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Religious importance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The temple is mentioned in the Saiva canonical work, <i>Tevaram</i>, by <a href="/wiki/Thirugnana_Sambanthar" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirugnana Sambanthar">Thirugnana Sambanthar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tirunavukkarasar" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirunavukkarasar">Tirunavukkarasar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sundarar" title="Sundarar">Sundarar</a>, the foremost Saivite saints of 7th–eighth century CE and is classified as <i><a href="/wiki/Paadal_Petra_Sthalam" title="Paadal Petra Sthalam">Paadal Petra Sthalam</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKodayanallur_Vanamamalai200147_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKodayanallur_Vanamamalai200147-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a separate shrine for Sambandar celebrating the miracle of <a href="/wiki/Parvathi" class="mw-redirect" title="Parvathi">Parvathi</a> suckling the child Sambandar when he was crying for milk.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKodayanallur_Vanamamalai200147_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKodayanallur_Vanamamalai200147-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAnantharaman200646_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnantharaman200646-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shiva is worshipped in three different forms; the Shivalingam (Bhrammapureeswarar), Uma Maheswarar (Toniappar) at the middle level, and <a href="/wiki/Bhairava" title="Bhairava">Bhairavar</a> (Sattanathar) at the upper level.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAnantharaman200646_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAnantharaman200646-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original temple was enlarged during the period of <a href="/wiki/Kulothunga_Chola_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulothunga Chola I">Kulothunga Chola I</a>, Vikrama Chola, <a href="/wiki/Kulothunga_Chola_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulothunga Chola II">Kulothunga Chola II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kulothunga_Chola_III" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulothunga Chola III">Kulothunga Chola III</a> (as in Chidambaram – 11th through the 13th centuries). Every year in the Tamil month of <a href="/wiki/Chithirai" class="mw-redirect" title="Chithirai">Chithirai</a> (April – May), a 10-day festival is celebrated.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIllustrated_Guide_to_the_South_Indian_Railway192650–51_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIllustrated_Guide_to_the_South_Indian_Railway192650–51-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to a Hindu legend, <a href="/wiki/Mahalingeswarar_Temple,_Thiruvidaimarudur" title="Mahalingeswarar Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur">Mahalingaswamy at Thiruvidaimarudur</a> is the centre of all Shiva temples in the region and the <i>Saptha Vigraha moorthis</i> (seven prime consorts in all <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> temples) are located at seven cardinal points around the temple, located in various parts of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-tourist_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tourist-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Om34_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Om34-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seven deities are <a href="/wiki/Nataraja" title="Nataraja">Nataraja</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chidambaram_Nataraja_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Chidambaram Nataraja Temple">Chidambaram Nataraja Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Chidambaram" title="Chidambaram">Chidambaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Satyagireeswarar_Temple,_Senganur" title="Satyagireeswarar Temple, Senganur">Chandikeswarar temple at Tirucheingalur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vinayagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Vinayagar">Vinayagar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Thiruvalanjuli_Kabardeeshwarar_Temple_(Vellai_Vinayagar_Temple)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruvalanjuli Kabardeeshwarar Temple (Vellai Vinayagar Temple)">Vellai Vinayagar Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Thiruvalanchuzhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruvalanchuzhi">Thiruvalanchuzhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muruga" class="mw-redirect" title="Muruga">Muruga</a> in <a href="/wiki/Swamimalai_Murugan_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Swamimalai Murugan Temple">Swamimalai Murugan Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Swamimalai" title="Swamimalai">Swamimalai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhairava" title="Bhairava">Bhairava</a> in Sattainathar Temple at <a href="/wiki/Sirkali" class="mw-redirect" title="Sirkali">Sirkali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Navagraha" title="Navagraha">Navagraha</a> in <a href="/wiki/Suryanar_Kovil" title="Suryanar Kovil">Sooriyanar Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Suryanar_Kovil" title="Suryanar Kovil">Suryanar Kovil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dakshinamoorthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Dakshinamoorthy">Dakshinamoorthy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Apatsahayesvarar_Temple,_Alangudi" title="Apatsahayesvarar Temple, Alangudi">Apatsahayesvarar Temple, Alangudi</a> at <a href="/wiki/Alangudi,_Papanasam_taluk" title="Alangudi, Papanasam taluk">Alangudi, Papanasam taluk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Om34_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Om34-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thoniappar, enshrined in Grivakostha in Thonimalai, is an aspect of <a href="/wiki/Bhairava" title="Bhairava">Bhairava</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTES.2012431_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTES.2012431-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ashtabhairavas (the eight Bhairava) are housed in the Valampuri mandapa in the temple. The images along with the inscriptions indicate Bhairava worship from the late 16th century. The eight Bhairavas in the group include Asitanga, Visalaksa, Marrtanda, Modakapriya, Svachanda, Vignasantusa, Khechera and Sarcaracara. The images are sported with trident, hand-drum, noose and sword.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTES.2012433_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTES.2012433-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Arunagirinathar" title="Arunagirinathar">Arunagirinathar</a> was a 15th-century Tamil poet born in <a href="/wiki/Tiruvannamalai" title="Tiruvannamalai">Tiruvannamalai</a>. He spent his early years as a rioter and seducer of women. After ruining his health, he tried to commit suicide by throwing himself from the northern tower of <a href="/wiki/Annamalaiyar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Annamalaiyar Temple">Annamalaiyar Temple</a>, but was saved by the grace of god <a href="/wiki/Murugan" class="mw-redirect" title="Murugan">Murugan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEV.K.2007109_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEV.K.2007109-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became a staunch devotee and composed Tamil hymns glorifying Murugan, the most notable being <i>Thirupugazh</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAyyar1991191–203_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAyyar1991191–203-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZvelebil1975217_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZvelebil1975217-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arunagirinathar visited various Murugan temples and on his way back to Tiruvannamalai, visited the temple and sung praises about Murugan in the temple.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEZvelebil199153_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZvelebil199153-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mayaka Kshetras are the places where Lord Brahma was reduced to ashes by Lord Shiva. Five such places are - Kasi (Varanasi) Mayanam, Kacchi (Kanchipuram) Mayanam; Kazhi (Sirkazhi) Mayanam, Nallur (Thirunallur) Mayanam and Kadavur (Thirukadaiyur) Mayanam.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDinamalar2012_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDinamalar2012-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sattainathar_Temple,_Sirkazhi&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Census of India, 1961, Volume 7; Volume 9</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECity_Corporate_cum_Business_Plan_for_Sirkazhi_Municipality2009-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECity_Corporate_cum_Business_Plan_for_Sirkazhi_Municipality2009_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECity_Corporate_cum_Business_Plan_for_Sirkazhi_Municipality2009_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCity_Corporate_cum_Business_Plan_for_Sirkazhi_Municipality2009">City Corporate cum Business Plan for Sirkazhi Municipality 2009</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPillai190491-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPillai190491_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPillai190491_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPillai190491_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPillai190491_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPillai1904">Pillai 1904</a>, p. 91.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTERao201220–23-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao201220–23_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFRao2012">Rao 2012</a>, pp. 20–23.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAyyar1991244-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAyyar1991244_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAyyar1991244_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAyyar1991">Ayyar 1991</a>, p. 244.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAyyar199142-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAyyar199142_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAyyar199142_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAyyar1991">Ayyar 1991</a>, p. 42.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEV.K.200745-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEV.K.200745_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEV.K.200745_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFV.K.2007">V.K. 2007</a>, p. 45.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEDirector_of_Census_operations199155-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDirector_of_Census_operations199155_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFDirector_of_Census_operations1991">Director of Census operations 1991</a>, p. 55.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEAiyangar191192-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAiyangar191192_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFAiyangar1911">Aiyangar 1911</a>, p. 92.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBranfoot201595-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBranfoot201595_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBranfoot2015">Branfoot 2015</a>, p. 95.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTES.2012433-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTES.2012433_11-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTES.2012433_11-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFS.2012">S. 2012</a>, p. 433.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Later Chola temples: Kulottunga I to Rajendra III (A.D. 1070-1280)</i>S. R. Balasubrahmanyam, Balasubrahmanyam Venkataraman.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEV.197439-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEV.197439_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFV.1974">V. 1974</a>, p. 39.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-date-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-date_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFDr._R._Nagasamy" class="citation web cs1">Dr. R. 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Chennai: T. 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title="Meenakshi Temple">Silver/Velli, Madurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellaiappar_Temple" title="Nellaiappar Temple">Copper/Thamiram, Nellai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirukutralam" title="Thirukutralam">Art/Chithiram, Courtallam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pancha_Bhuta_Sthalam" title="Pancha Bhuta Sthalam">Panchabhuta Sthalams</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ekambareswarar_Temple_(Kanchipuram)" title="Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram)">Kanchipuram (Earth)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arunachalesvara_Temple" title="Arunachalesvara Temple">Tiruvannamalai (Fire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jambukeswarar_Temple,_Thiruvanaikaval" title="Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval">Thiruvanaikaval (Water)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nataraja_Temple,_Chidambaram" title="Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram">Chidambaram (Ether) </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srikalahasteeswara_temple" title="Srikalahasteeswara temple">Srikalahasthi (Air)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Pancha_Ishwarams" title="Pancha Ishwarams">Pancheswarams</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ketheeswaram_temple" title="Ketheeswaram temple">Kethiswaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koneswaram_Temple" title="Koneswaram Temple">Koneswaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munneswaram_temple" title="Munneswaram temple">Munneswaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naguleswaram_temple" title="Naguleswaram temple">Naguleswaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenavaram_temple" title="Tenavaram temple">Thondeswaram</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jyotirlinga" 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