Ardhanareeswarar Temple, Tiruchengode

also spelt Arthanareeswarar Temple · Thiruchengode Temple · Kodimadachenkundrur · திருச்செங்கோடு அர்த்தநாரீஸ்வரர் கோயில்

Presiding Deity & Shrines

2 Shrines

Ardhanareeswarar Shrine Presiding

Shiva
as Ardhanarishvara
Chenkottu Velavar Shrine

Murugan

Told as tradition

Sthala Purana

Tradition holds that Parvati did penance to become one with Shiva, and that Shiva took her into half of his body. He is worshipped here in that form, half man and half woman, as Ardhanareeswarar.

sthala purana

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History

One of the Paadal Petra Sthalams praised in the Tevaram hymns, where the hill is called Kodimadachenkundrur. The hilltop temple can be reached by a long flight of steps or by road.

temple tradition

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