Odhanavaneswarar Temple, Tiruchotruturai

Odhanavaneswarar Temple
Odhanavaneswarar Temple vimana
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Thanjavur
Deity	Odhanavaneswarar (Shiva) Annapoorani (Parvati)
Location
Location	Tiruchotruturai
State	Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Location in Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates	10°52′32″N 79°8′16″E
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture

Odhanavaneswarar Temple, Tiruchotruturai (ஓதவனேஸ்வரர் கோயில், திருச்சோற்றுத்துறை) or Oppillaselvar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located near Tiruvaiyaru, Tamil Nadu, India. The name of goddess Parvati in this temple is Annapoorani. The temple is incarnated by the hymns of Appar and is classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam.

Legend

The temple is revered by the hymns of 7th century Tamil saint poet, Appar. The temple is built in the early Chola style of 9th century made of granite.

Saptha Stanam

Image of the temple premises

The sapthasthanam festival is conducted at Tiruvaiyaru during April every year. Hundreds of people witness the convergence of seven glass palanquins carrying principal deities of respective temples from seven places at Tiruvaiyaru. The palanquins are paraded near the car stand, the crowd witnessed the Poochorithal(flower festival) in which a doll offers flowers to the principal deities in the palanquins. After the Poochorithal, the palanquins left for their respective places. The seven temples are

Temple	Place	District
Aiyarappar temple	Thiruvaiyaru	Thanjavur
Apathsahayar Temple	Tirupazhanam	Thanjavur
Odhanavaneswarar Temple	Tiruchotruthurai	Thanjavur
Vedapuriswarar Temple	Thiruvedhikudi	Thanjavur
Kandeeswarar Temple	Thirukkandiyur	Thanjavur
Puvananathar Temple	Thirupanturuthi	Thanjavur
Neyyadiappar Temple	Tiruneithaanam	Thanjavur

Location

The temple is located 5 km east of Tiruvaiyaru and 3 km away from Thirukkandiyur.

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Photogallery

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  Temple entrance
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  Flagpost
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  Vimana of the Presiding deity
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  Vimana of Goddess