Thiruppanandal Adheenam
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The Thiruppanandal Adheenam[citation needed] is a Saivite monastic institution based in the town of Thiruppanandal in Tamil Nadu, India. As of 2003, the Thiruppanandal Adheenam was one of the biggest landowning agencies in Thanjavur district.[1] It is one of largest land managing agency.
The Adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically Thevaram and Tiruvasakam and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.[2] The Adheenam along with Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam and Dharmapuram Adheenam were founded during the 16th century to spread the ideology of Saiva Sidhantam.[3]
Notes
- ↑ M. Thangaraj (2003). Tamil Nadu: an unfinished task. SAGE. p. 182. ISBN 978-0-7619-9780-1.
- ↑ M.M.M., Mahroof (1993). "Arabic-Tamil In South India And Sri Lanka: Language As Mimicry". Islamic Studies. 32 (2). Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad: 182. JSTOR 20840120.
- ↑ 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): 82. doi:10.2307/601112. JSTOR 601112.
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