Keezhaiyur Kadaimudinathar Temple

Keezhaiyur Kadaimudinathar Temple (கீழையூர் கடைமுடிநாதர் கோயில்)^[1] is a Hindu temple located at Keezhaiyur in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Kadaimudinathar. His consort is Abirami.

The entrance of the temple

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 Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar. It is believed that Brahma is believed to have worshipped Shiva in the temple.^[2] The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the banks of River Kaveri.^[3]

References

1. ta:கீழையூர் கடைமுடிநாதர் கோயில்
2. Ayyar, P. V. Jagadisa (1993). South Indian Shrines: Illustrated (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Asian Educational Service. p. 245. ISBN 81-206-0151-3.
3. Ka. Vi., Kannan (2019). River cauvery the most battl(r)ed. Notion Press. p. 40. ISBN 9781684666041.

External links

• "Sri Kadaimudi Nathar temple". Dinamalar.
• "Kadaimudinathar Temple, Tirukkadaimudi (Now known as Keezhaiyoor)". Shiva Temples of Tamil Nadu, Paadal Petra Sivasthalangal.