Dharumapuram Aadheenam is a Saivite monastic institution based in the town of Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu. As of 2019, there were a total of 27 Shiva temples under the control of the adheenam.[1]
 Dharmapuram Adheenam Headquarters, Dharmapuram, Mayiladuthurai | |
| Founder | Guru Gnanasambhandhar |
|---|---|
| Type | Religious |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 11°06′15″N 79°40′24″E / 11.1041°N 79.6733°E |
First Adheenam | Guru Gnanasambhandhar |
Present Adheenam | Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal |
| Affiliations | Hinduism, Shaivism |
| Website | http://www.dharmapuramadheenam.org/ |
History and activities
editThe adheenam was founded during the 16th century, along with the Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam and the Thiruppanandal Adheenam, to spread the ideology of Saiva Sidhantham.[2]: 82 Dharumapuram mutt was founded by Thiru GnanaSambanthar.
The adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically the Thevaram and Tiruvasakam and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.[3]: 182 Vaitheeswaran Koil, near Sirkazhi, is one of the temples the adheenam maintains.[4]
Arunachala Kavirayar a Tamil poet and a composer of Carnatic music in the 18th Century CE studied both Tamil and Sanskrit in this adheenam. The head of Mutt was so pleased with Kavirayar and even considered making Arunchala as his successor. At 18, Kavirayar left the Mutt and Later composed the Famous Opera on the Epic Ramayana called as Rama Natakam.[5]
The 26th Guru Maha Sannidhanam died on 4 December 2019, and was succeeded by Sri Masillamani Desiga Gnanasambanda Swamigal as the 27th Guru Maha Sannidhanam of the adheenam.[1][6]
Temples under Dharmapuram Adheenam
edit- Vaitheeswaran Koil
- Thiruppanantaal Arunajadeswarar Temple
- Amritaghateswarar-Abirami Temple, Thirukkadaiyur
- Veerateeswarar Temple, Thirupariyalur
- Uthavedeeswarar Temple, Kuthalam
- Thirunanriyur
- Yazhmoorinathar Temple, Thiru Dharmapuram, Karaikal
- Aiyarappar Temple, Thiruvayyaru
- Manakuddi
- Karunkuilnathanpettai
- Uchiravaneswarar Temple, Tiruvilanagar
- Dharbaranyeswarar Temple, Tirunallar
- Swayambhunathaswamy Temple, Peralam
- Kampaheswarar Temple, Thirubuvanam
- Shivalokathyagar Temple, Achalpuram
- Veerateeswarar Temple, Tirukurukki
- Mayiladuthurai (Sri Kasi Viswanathar Temple)
- Vallalar Temple, Mayiladuthurai
- Mayiladuthurai (Kumara Kattalai)
- Mullaivananathar Temple, Thirumulaivoyal
- Mahalingeswarar Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur
- Sattainathar Temple, Sirkazhi
- Uyyakondan Thirumalai Temple
- Thalagnayar
- Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Thirukkuvalai
- Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur - Rajanga Kattalai
- Dharmapuram
- Dharmapuram (Gnanapuriswara Temple)
Notes
edit- ^ a b "Head of ancient Dharmapuram Adheenam mutt in TN dies, aged 95". Business Standard. PTI. 4 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020.
- ^ Peterson, Indira V. (1982). "Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 102 (1): 69–90. doi:10.2307/601112. JSTOR 601112.
- ^ Mahroof, M. M. M. (1993). "Arabic-Tamil in South India and Sri Lanka: Language as Mimicry". Islamic Studies. 32 (2): 169–189. JSTOR 20840120.
- ^ Krishnamurthy, R. (18 May 2001). "Succour for the sick". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 13 November 2002.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Seerkazhi Arunachala Kavirayar and Rama Natakam". Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi. 18 April 1978.
- ^ "Successor to Dharmapuram Adheenam named". Outlook. PTI. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020.