Form · Shaiva · South India · Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Sundareswarar

Also called: Sokkanathar, Chokkanathar

Shiva as the handsome lord of Madurai, Meenakshi's husband, who in the Tiruvilaiyadal Puranam walks into the city in disguise sixty-four times to test poets, humble kings and reward ordinary people.

play disguise

Sources: Tiruvilaiyadal Puranam — Wikipedia; Meenakshi Temple — Wikipedia · see Sundareswarar's web

Relations 4

Sundareswarar appears in

Tiruvilaiyadal Puranam (Text) Shaiva · The sixty-four games of Shiva at Madurai

Sundareswarar consort of

Meenakshi (Consort) Shaiva · The girl with three breasts
Madurai's royal pair; Vishnu gives the bride away.

Sundareswarar dwells at

Madurai (Place) Shaiva · The sixty-four games of Shiva at Madurai

Sundareswarar form of

Shiva (God) Shaiva · The sixty-four games of Shiva at Madurai

Stories 6

Shiva's sixty-four games in Madurai
Local story · as Shiva's Madurai form · 2 tellings
Parvati wins Shiva
Legend · as the Madurai form of the groom · 5 tellings
The sixty-four games of Shiva at Madurai
Local story · as his Madurai form · 2 tellings
Shiva carries earth for an old woman's puttu
Local story · as his Madurai form · 1 telling
Nakkeerar disputes Shiva's poem
Local story · as his Madurai form · 1 telling
The girl with three breasts
Temple legend · as his form at Madurai · 1 telling

Cited

Tiruvilaiyadal Puranam — Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Meenakshi Temple — Wikipedia Encyclopedia