Cherugudi Sukshmapureeswarar Temple

Cherugudi Sukshmapureeswarar Temple^[1] (செருகுடி சூட்சுமபுரீசுவரர் கோயில் ^[2]])is a Hindu temple located at Cherugudi in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.^[3] The presiding deity is Shiva. He is called as Sukshma Pureeswarar. His consort is known as Mangala Nayaki.^[4]

Sukshmapureeswarar Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Thiruvarur
Deity	Sukshmapureeswarar (Shiva)
Location
Location	Thiruchirukudi
State	Tamil Nadu
Country	India
Geographic coordinates	10°57′55″N 79°35′13″E
Architecture
Type	Dravidian architecture

Significance

Vimanam

It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams - Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Tirugnanasambandar.^[4]

Literary mention

Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as:^[5]

தேனமர் பொழிலணி சிறுகுடி மேவிய

மானமர் கரமுடை யீரே
மானமர் கரமுடை யீருமை வாழ்த்திய

ஞானசம் பந்தன தமிழே.