Vadukeeswarar temple
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Vadukeeswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Thiruvandarkoil, a village in Pondicherry - Villupuram highway in Pondicherry in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. S
Vadukeeswarar temple, Thirubuvanai
Image of the central shrine
Vadukeeswarar temple, Thirubuvanai
Vadukeeswarar temple, Thirubuvanai
Sambandar
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Sambandar, also referred to as Tirujnana Sambandar or Gnana Sambanthar, was a Shaiva poet-saint of Tamil Nadu who lived sometime in the 7th century CE. According to the Tamil Shaiva tradition, he comp
Vadukeeswarar temple
…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 Thirugnana Sambandar. The temple priests perform the puja (rituals) during festivals and on a daily basis. The temple rituals are performed three times a day; Kalasanthi…
A copper alloy sculpture of Sambandar with forefinger pointing slightly up (symbolically towards Parvati and Shiva)
Amirthakadaieeshwarar temple relief depicting Appar bearing Sambandar's palanquin
The Child Saint Sambandar, chola bronze, 12th century India, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Sambandar (Wooden Image), ASI Museum, Vellore