Paadal Petra Sthalams

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Paadal Petra Sthalams are revered Shiva temples in Tamil Nadu and nearby regions, celebrated in the early medieval Tamil Saivite hymns known as the Tevaram.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Paadal Petra Sthalam 5
Paadal Petra Sthalams canonical 1
Tevara Sthalams 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu temple group ⓘ
Shaivite pilgrimage site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tevara Sthalams ⓘ
architecturalStyle Dravidian architecture ⓘ
associatedFestival Maha Shivaratri ⓘ
Tiruvathirai ⓘ
linked to: Thiruvathirakali
associatedRitual recitation of Tevaram hymns ⓘ
associatedWithBhaktiMovement yes ⓘ
associatedWithConcept Bhakti (devotional worship) ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Chola dynasty ⓘ
Pallava dynasty ⓘ
Pandya dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithMusicTradition Tamil devotional music ⓘ
associatedWithPoetSaint Appar ⓘ
Sambandar ⓘ
Sundarar ⓘ
associatedWithSect Tamil Shaivism ⓘ
collectiveNameOfPoetSaints Nayanmars ⓘ
criteriaForInclusion praised in Tevaram hymns ⓘ
culturalSignificance important Tamil Saivite pilgrimage circuit ⓘ
dedicatedToDeity Shiva ⓘ
devotionalPractice circumambulation of temple (pradakshina) ⓘ
offering of abhishekam to Shiva Linga ⓘ
geographicSpread Puducherry ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
parts of Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
parts of Karnataka ⓘ
parts of Kerala ⓘ
governingDeityConsort Parvati ⓘ
linked to: Kamakshi
heritageStatus many temples protected as heritage monuments ⓘ
historicalRole center of Tamil Bhakti literature ⓘ
iconographyIncludes Dakshinamurthy ⓘ
Nataraja ⓘ
linked to: Nataraja sculptures

Somaskanda ⓘ
languageOfPrimaryTexts Tamil ⓘ
locatedInCountry India ⓘ
locatedInRegion Tamil Nadu ⓘ
mainDeityForm Shiva Linga ⓘ
linked to: Shiva lingam
mentionedInText Tevaram ⓘ
numberOfTemples 275 ⓘ
pilgrimagePractice visiting all 275 temples is considered meritorious ⓘ
pilgrimageRouteName Tevara Paadal Petra Sthalam yatra ⓘ
primaryLiterarySource Tevaram hymns ⓘ
primaryRegionOfDevotees Tamil-speaking people ⓘ
religiousFunction site of Shaiva worship and pilgrimage ⓘ
religiousTradition Shaivism ⓘ
scriptureStatus canonical in Tamil Shaiva tradition ⓘ
timePeriodOfHymns early medieval period ⓘ
worshipType Agamic Shaiva worship ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tevaram → associatedWith → Paadal Petra Sthalams ⓘ
Paadal Petra Sthalams → alsoKnownAs → Tevara Sthalams ⓘ
linked to: Paadal Petra Sthalams
Tiruvarur Thyagaraja Temple → classification → Paadal Petra Sthalam ⓘ
linked to: Paadal Petra Sthalams
Sirkazhi → religiousSignificance → Paadal Petra Sthalam ⓘ
linked to: Paadal Petra Sthalams
Sirkazhi Brahmapureeswarar Temple → reveredAs → Paadal Petra Sthalam ⓘ
linked to: Paadal Petra Sthalams
Avinashi Temple → classifiedAs → Paadal Petra Sthalam ⓘ
linked to: Paadal Petra Sthalams
Kumbeswarar → templeClassification → Paadal Petra Sthalam ⓘ
linked to: Paadal Petra Sthalams