Mullaivananathar Temple (முல்லைவனநாதர் கோயில்)[1] is aHindu temple located atThirumullaivasal inMayiladuthurai district ofTamil Nadu,India which is dedicated toShiva.[2]
The temple was constructed by theEarly Chola kingKillivalavan. The presiding deity is called as Mullaivana Nathar. His consort is known as Ani Konda Kothai Ammai. It is believed that goddess had her initiation in this place.[3]
It is one of the shrines of the 275Paadal Petra Sthalams -Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medievalTevaram poems by Tamil SaiviteNayanarTirugnanasambandar. The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the northern banks ofRiver Kaveri.[4]
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[5]
கொம்பன்ன மின்னி னிடையாளொர் கூறன் விடைநாளு மேறு குழகன்
நம்பன்னெ மன்பன் மறைநாவன் வானின் மதியேறு சென்னி யரனூர்
அம்பன்ன வொண்க ணவரா டரங்கின் அணிகோ புரங்க ளழகார்செம்பொன்ன செவ்வி தருமாட நீடு திருமுல்லை வாயி லிதுவே.
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