Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam
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Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam is a Saivite mutt
based in the town of Thiruvaduthurai in Kuthalam taluk
of Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu
, India
. The adheenam maintains the Mayuranathaswami temple
at Mayiladuthurai
. As of 1987, there were a total of 15 Shiva
temples under the control of the adheenam.
Matha
A matha ) is a term for monastic and similar religious establishments of Hinduism and Jainism. A matha is usually more formal, hierarchical, and rule-based than an ashram.-Advaita Mathas:...
based in the town of Thiruvaduthurai in Kuthalam taluk
Kuthalam taluk
Kuthalam taluk is a taluk in the Nagapattinam district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The administrative headquarters is the town of Kuthalam....
of Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The adheenam maintains the Mayuranathaswami temple
Mayuranathaswami Temple, Mayiladuthurai
The Mayuranathaswami Temple is a Hindu temple in the town of Mayiladuthurai in the Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu in India...
at Mayiladuthurai
Mayiladuthurai
Mayiladuthurai , formerly known by its Sanskrit names Māyavaram and Mayūram is a town in the Nagapattinam District of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Mayiladuthurai taluk of Nagapattinam district and is the second-largest town in the district...
. As of 1987, there were a total of 15 Shiva
Shiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
temples under the control of the adheenam.