Form · Shaiva · South India · Sankarankovil, Tamil Nadu

Sankaranarayana

Also called: Sankara Narayanar, Shankaranarayana

The Tamil name and temple form of Harihara at Sankarankovil: Shiva as the right half and Vishnu as the left, appearing together at Gomathi's (Parvati's) ten-day penance to settle the quarrel of the serpent kings Sangan and Padman. The district describes the image as a symbol of the unity of Shaivism and Vaishnavism.

combined form reconciliation

Sources: Sankaranarayanar, Sankarankoil, Tirunelveli — TN Temples Project; Arulmigu Sankaranarayana Swamy Thirukkoil, Sankarankovil — Tenkasi District (Government of Tamil Nadu); Sankara Narayanasamy Temple — Wikipedia · see Sankaranarayana's web

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Sankaranarayana dwells at

Sankarankovil (Place) Shaiva · How Vishnu and Shiva became one body

Sankaranarayana form of

Harihara (Form) Shaiva · How Vishnu and Shiva became one body
Tamil temple form of the same composite at Sankarankovil.

Sankaranarayana worshipped by

Parvati (Consort) Shaiva · How Vishnu and Shiva became one body
As Gomathi: a ten-day penance to see the two as one.

Stories 1

How Vishnu and Shiva became one body
Temple legend · as the Tamil temple form · 4 tellings

Cited

Sankaranarayanar, Sankarankoil, Tirunelveli — TN Temples Project Popular retelling
Arulmigu Sankaranarayana Swamy Thirukkoil, Sankarankovil — Tenkasi District (Government of Tamil Nadu) Temple tradition
Sankara Narayanasamy Temple — Wikipedia Encyclopedia