Alanduraiappar Temple, Nallatthukkudi
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Alanduraiappar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located at Nallathukudi village near Mayiladuthurai, in Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, India.[1][2][3]
This temple is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Appar, a Tamil Saivite Nayanar. Visitors may view the daily worship ritual of offering flowers or fruit. [3]
History
Other names for the temple in the past may include "Nallakkudi," "Kuyiladuthurai," and "Kuyiladunthurai." According to historian R. P. Sethu Pillai, it was called "Kuyiladuthurai" and "Kuyilalanthurai". U. V. Swaminatha Iyer instead identifies the name "Kuyilanthurai" as referring to the temple "Karunguyilnathampettai",[1] north of Dharmapuram. The Kumbhabhishekham of the temple was held on 8 June 1970.[1]
Presiding deity
The presiding deity in the garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum), represented by the lingam, is known as Alanduraiappar. The goddesses of the temple are Kuyiladu Nayaki and Kuyilanda Nayaki.[2] While in Mayiladuthurai and Mylapore, where the goddess worshipped the presiding deity in peacock form, at this temple, she worshipped Shiva in the form of a koel, and therefore she is known as Kuyiladu Nayaki and Kuyilanda Nayaki.