Sirkazhi Sattainathar Temple | Padal Petra Sthalam | 7th Century Brahmapureswarar Thoniappar Temple🙏

Sattainathar temple, Sirkazhi (also called Brahmapureeswarar temple and Thoniappar temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Sirkali, Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is incarnated by the hymns of Thevaram and is classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam. It is an ancient temple complex with three different Shiva shrines in three stories. The Bhramapureeswarar shrine is housed in the lower level. Brahmapureeswarar is accompanied by Ambal Sthira sundari/Thiripurasundari or Thirunilainayaki in Tamil. The second-level houses Periyanakar with Periyanayaki on a Thoni, hence the name Thoniappar. Sattainathar/Vatukanathar is also housed here. Sambandar was a young Saiva poet-saint of Tamil Nadu who lived around the 7th century CE.According to legend, when Sambandar was three years old his parents took him to the Shiva temple where Shiva and his consort Parvati appeared before the child. The goddess nursed him at her breast. His father saw drops of milk on the child's mouth and asked who had fed him, whereupon the boy pointed to the sky and responded with the song Todudaya Seviyan - the first verse of the Tevaram. Sri Sankaracharya who lived in the subsequent century has also referred to sambandar in one hymn of Soundarya Lahari, praising him as a gifted Tamil child (Tamil sisu) who was fed with milk of divine gnosis by goddess Uma. Ancient Temple | Historical Temple | Padal Petra Sthalam | Saint Sambandar | 7th Century Temple | Brahmapureeswarar Temple | Thoniappar Temple | Sattainathar Temple | Pradosham 🙏 #sirkali #sirkazhi #shiva #shivalinga #lordshiva #padalpetrasthalam #padalpetratemple #sambandar #adisankaracharya #pradosham