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Brahmapureeswarar Temple or Thirukolili is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Thirukkuvalai in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshiped as Brahmapureeswarar, and is represented by the lingam and his consort Parvati is depicted as Vandamar Poonguzhali.
Thirukkuvalai is a village situated in Nagapattinam district of Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The village is known for the Brahmapureeswarar Temple . It is the birthplace of former chief minister of the state, M. Karunanidhi where his ancestral home functions as a library.
Brahmapureeswarar Temple: In Thirukkuvalai, 25 km southwest of Nagapattinam, 19 km from Tiruvarur: Tiruvaimoor 3 km south of Thirukkuvalai, south bank of the Kaveri Vedaranyeswarar Temple: In Vedaranyam, south of Nagapattinam and the Kaveri Agathiyanpalli 2 km south of Vedaranyam on the Kodikkarai road Kodi Kuzhagar Temple
The presiding deities are Brahmapureeswarar in the form of Swayambu Lingam and Devi Brahma Sampath Gowri. There is a separate shrine for Brahma. The idol of Brahma is in meditative pose sitting in Padmasana on a lotus. The temple complex also has the Jeeva Samadhi of Yogi Patanjali, the author of Yoga Sutras.
The temple inscriptions refer to the presiding deity as "Jayamkonda Cholavalanattu Akkurnaatu Brahmadeyam Thirukadavoorudayar Thirumayanamudaya Perumal" a long name typical of that era. Only the later Vijayanagar period inscriptions mention Him as Brahmapureeswarar. His consort is referred to as Malarkuzhal Minnammai.
Kailasanathar Temple, Sivappalli; Kannayariamudayar Temple, Thirukkarayil; Karuppariyalur Kutram Poruttha Naathar Temple; Kayarohanaswami Temple, Nagapattinam; Keezhaiyur Kadaimudinathar Temple; Kodeesvarar Temple, Kothangudi; Kodi Kuzhagar Temple; Kurumanakkudi Kannayiram Udayar Temple
Kannayiranathar Swamy Temple, Thirukkarayil (also called Tirukarahil or Tirukarayil) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Thirukaravasal in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, India. Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture , the temple is believed to have been built during the Cholas period in the 9th century CE.
Ampal Brahmapureeswarar is revered in the 7th century Tamil Saiva canonical work, the Tevaram, written by Tamil saint poets known as the Nayanmars and classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam, the 275 temples revered in the canon. The temple is believed to be the last among the sixty maadakoil built by Kochengat Chola.