Suryanar Kovil, the Glossary

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1. 70 relations: Alangudi, Nannilam, Amavasya, Apatsahayesvarar Temple, Alangudi, Bhairava, Brahma, Budha, Chennai, Chhaya, Chidambaram, Chola art and architecture, Dakshinamurti, Dravidian architecture, Durga, Five Thirty, Ganesha, Gopuram, Government of Tamil Nadu, Guru, Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department, Hindu temple, India, Jupiter, Kabartheeswarar Temple, Kartikeya, Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Kaveri, Ketu (mythology), Kulottunga I, Kumbakonam, Mahalingeswarar Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur, Mars, Maruthuvakudi, Mercury (planet), Moon, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Nadaswaram, Nataraja, Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, Navagraha, Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu, Patteeswaram, Pradosha, Puja (Hinduism), Purnima, Raga, Rahu, Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi, Saturn, Satyagireeswarar Temple, Senganur, Shaivism, ... Expand index (20 more) »

2. Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu
3. Surya temples

Alangudi, Nannilam

Alangudi is a village in the Nannilam taluk of Tiruvarur district in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Amavasya

Amāvásyā is the lunar phase of the new moon in Sanskrit.

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Apatsahayesvarar Temple, Alangudi

Apatsahayesvarar Temple, Alangudi or Guru Sthalam or Tiru Irum Poolai is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in the Needamangalam Town near village of Alangudi in the Valangaiman taluk of Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India. Suryanar Kovil and Apatsahayesvarar Temple, Alangudi are navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu.

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Bhairava

Bhairava (भैरव), or Kala Bhairava, is a Shaivite and Vajrayāna deity worshipped by Hindus and Buddhists.

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Brahma

Brahma (ब्रह्मा) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.

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Budha

Budha (बुध) is the Sanskrit word for the planet Mercury.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Chhaya

Chhaya or Chaya (shadow' or 'shade) is the Hindu personification and goddess of shadow, and a consort of Surya, the Hindu sun god.

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Chidambaram

Chidambaram is a major town and municipality in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on the banks of the Vellar River where it meets the Bay of Bengal.

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Chola art and architecture

The period of the imperial Cholas (c. 850 CE – 1250 CE) in South India was an age of continuous improvement and refinement of Chola art and architecture.

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Dakshinamurti

Dakshinamurti is an aspect of the Hindu god Shiva as a guru (teacher).

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Dravidian architecture

Dravidian architecture, or the Southern Indian temple style, is an architectural idiom in Hindu temple architecture that emerged from Southern India, reaching its final form by the sixteenth century.

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Durga

Durga (दुर्गा) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi.

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Five Thirty

Five Thirty, sometimes written 5:30 and 5:30!, were a three-piece rock band from London, England, briefly popular in the early 1990s.

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Ganesha

Ganesha (गणेश), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Lambodara and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect.

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Gopuram

A gopuram or gopura (Tamil: கோபுரம், Telugu: గోపురం, Kannada: ಗೋಪುರ) is a monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the South Indian architecture of the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana, and Sri Lanka.

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Government of Tamil Nadu

The Government of Tamil Nadu (Tamil: Tamiḻnāṭu aracu) is the administrative body responsible for the governance of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Guru

Guru (गुरु; IAST: guru; Pali: garu) is a Sanskrit term for a "mentor, guide, expert, or master" of certain knowledge or field.

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Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department

The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu manages and controls the temple administration within the state.

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Hindu temple

A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Koil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Jupiter

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.

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Kabartheeswarar Temple

Kapardeeswarar temple (also called Swetha Vinayagar Temple, Vellai Vinayagar temple, Valanchuzinathar temple) is a Hindu temple situated in the village of Thiruvalanchuzhi (also spelt as Thiruvalanjuli) near Swamimalai in Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Kartikeya

Kartikeya, also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha and Murugan, is the Hindu god of war.

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Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Kashi Vishwanath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva.

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Kaveri

The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicised name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri River rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu district of the state of Karnataka, at an elevation of 1,341 m above mean sea level and flows for about 800 km before its outfall into the Bay of Bengal.

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Ketu (mythology)

Ketu (Sanskrit: केतु, IAST) is the descending (i.e. 'south') lunar node in Vedic, or Hindu astrology.

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Kulottunga I

Kulottunga Chola I (Middle Tamil: Kulōttuṅka Cōḻaṉ; Classical Sanskrit: Kulottuṅgā Cōḷa; 1025–1122) also spelt Kulothunga, born Rajendra Chalukya (Telugu: Rājēndra Cāḷukyuḍu), was a Chola Emperor who reigned from 1070 to 1122 succeeding his cousin Athirajendra Chola.

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Kumbakonam

Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum), or Kudanthai, is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Mahalingeswarar Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur

Mahalingeswaraswamy Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Tiruvidaimaruthur, a village in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.

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Maruthuvakudi

Maruthuvakudi, also known as Aduthurai is a small panchayat town situated near Kumbakonam,in the Thanjavur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Mercury (planet)

Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System.

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Moon

The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.

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Muthuswami Dikshitar

Muthuswami Dikshitar (Mudduswamy Dikshitar) (24 March 1776 – 21 October 1835), mononymously Dikshitar, was a South Indian poet, singer and veena player, and a composer of Indian classical music, who is considered one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music.

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Nadaswaram

The nadaswaram is a double reed wind instrument from South India.

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Nataraja

Nataraja (Naṭarājar), also known as Adalvallan, is a depiction of Shiva, one of the main deities in Hinduism, as the divine cosmic dancer.

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Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram

Thillai Nataraja Temple, also referred as the Chidambaram Nataraja Temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Nataraja, the form of Shiva as the lord of dance.

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Navagraha

The navagraha are nine heavenly bodies and deities that influence human life on Earth according to Hinduism and Hindu astrology.

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Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu

Nine Grahas Temples (Navagraham temples) in Tamil Nadu is a set of nine Hindu temples, each dedicated to one of the nine planetary deities, the Navagraham in various places around the South Indian towns of Kumbakonam and Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu, India. Suryanar Kovil and Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu are Hindu temples in Thanjavur district.

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Patteeswaram

Patteeswaram is a village, eight kilometres from Kumbakonam in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.

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Pradosha

Pradosha or Pradosham (IAST: Pradoṣa) is a bimonthly occasion on the thirteenth day (Trayodashi) of every fortnight in the Hindu calendar.

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Puja (Hinduism)

Puja (translit-std), also spelt pooja, is a worship ritual performed by Hindus to offer devotional homage and prayer to one or more deities, to host and honour a guest, or to spiritually celebrate an event.

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Purnima

Pūrṇimā is the word for full moon in Sanskrit.

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Raga

A raga (also raaga or ragam or raag) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a melodic mode.

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Rahu

Rāhu (Sanskrit: राहु, ☊) is one of the nine major celestial bodies (navagraha) in Hindu texts and the king of meteors.

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Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi

Sattainathar temple, Sirkazhi (also called Brahmapureeswarar temple and Thoniappar temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Sirkali, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter.

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Satyagireeswarar Temple, Senganur

Sathyagireeswarar Temple:ta:சேங்கனூர் சத்தியகிரீஸ்வரர் கோயில் is a Hindu temple located at Senganur in the Thiruvidaimarudur taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Shaivism

Shaivism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu traditions, which worships Shiva as the Supreme Being.

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Shani

Shani (शनि), or Shanaishchara (शनैश्चर), is the divine personification of the planet Saturn in Hinduism, and is one of the nine heavenly objects (Navagraha) in Hindu astrology.

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Shiva

Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.

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Sirkazhi

Sirkazhi, also spelled as Sirkali and Siyali, is a municipal town in Mayiladuthurai district in Tamil Nadu, India.

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South India

South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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Surya

Surya (सूर्य) is the SunDalal, p. 399 as well as the solar deity in Hinduism.

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Swamimalai

Swamimalai is a panchayat town that is a suburb near Kumbakonam in Thanjavur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Swaminatha Swamy Temple

The Swaminatha Swamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to god Murugan. Suryanar Kovil and Swaminatha Swamy Temple are Hindu temples in Thanjavur district.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.

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Thanjavur

Thanjavur, also known as Thanjai, previously known as Tanjore,Pletcher 2010, p. 195 is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thanjavur district

Thanjavur district is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India.

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Thavil

A thavil (Tamil:தவில்) or tavil is a barrel-shaped percussion instrument from Tamil Nadu.

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Thenupuriswarar Temple, Patteeswaram

Thenupuriswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva located in the village of Patteeswaram, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Thiruppanandal

Thiruppanandal is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thiruvalanjuli

Thiruvalanjuli is a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Thiruvidaimarudur

Thiruvidaimarudur (also spelt as Thiruvidaimaradur or Tiruvidaimarudur) is a panchayat town in Thanjavur district, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Vedas

The Vedas are ancient Sanskrit texts of Hinduism. Above: A page from the ''Atharvaveda''. The Vedas are a large body of religious texts originating in ancient India.

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Venus

Venus is the second planet from the Sun.

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Vijayanagara Empire

The Vijayanagara Empire was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India.

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Vishalakshi Temple

The Vishalakshi Temple or Vishalakshi Gauri Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Vishalakshi (Viśālākshī, विशालाक्षी, "she who has large eyes"),Bangala Bhasar Abhidhaan (Dictioanary of the Bengali Language), Shishu Sahitya Samsad Pvt Ltd., 32A, APC Road, Kolkata – 700009, Volume 2, p.1600.

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See also

Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu

• Agniswarar Temple, Kanjanur
• Apatsahayesvarar Temple, Alangudi
• Kailasanathar Temple, Thingalur
• Nagannathaswamy Temple, Keelaperumpallam
• Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu
• Navapashanam temple
• Suryanar Kovil
• Swetharanyeswarar Temple
• Tirunageswaram Naganathar Temple
• Vaitheeswaran Koil

Surya temples

• Adithyapuram Sun Temple
• Arasavalli Sun Temple
• Aruna Stambha
• Biranchinarayan Temple, Buguda
• Biranchinarayan Temple, Palia
• Deo Surya Mandir
• Durga temple, Aihole
• Gop Temple
• Katarmal
• Konark Sun Temple
• Martand Sun Temple
• Multan Sun Temple
• Navlakha temple
• Sun Temple, Modhera
• Surya Temple, Ranchi
• Suryanar Kovil
• Suryanarayana Swamy Temple, Gollala Mamidada
• Unao Balaji Sun Temple

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suryanar_Kovil

Also known as Suryanar Temple.

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