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Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Annappanpettai Sundareswarar Temple (அன்னப்பன்பேட்டை சுந்தரேஸ்வரர் கோயில்)[1] is a Hindu temple located at Annappanpettai in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India. The historical name of the place is Kalikamoor.[2] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Sundareswarar. His consort is known as Azhagammai.
It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar. The place is Kollikamur and sage Parasara is believed to have worshipped the presiding deity.[3]
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:[4]
மாசு பிறக்கிய மேனியாரு மருவுந் துவராடை
மீசு பிறக்கிய மெய்யினாரு மறியா ரவர்தோற்றங்
காசினி நீர்த்திரண் மண்டியெங்கும் வளமார் கலிக்காமூர்ஈசனை யெந்தை பிரானையேத்தி நினைவார் வினைபோமே.
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