திருக்குவளை பிரம்மபுரீஸ்வரர் திருக்கோயில்Brahmapureeswarar Temple, Thirukkuvalai (Thirukkolili)

Sthala Mahātmyam

Brahmapureeswarar Temple at Thirukkuvalai — also called Thirukkolili — is a Paadal Petra Sthalam sung in the 7th-century Tevaram, where Shiva is worshipped as Brahmapureeswarar in lingam form with his consort Vandamar Poonguzhali (Kuvalayambikai). It is counted among the Sapta Vidanga Sthalams, its Vidanga deity known as Avani Vidangar. Here Thyagaraja is believed to grant the Bhringa Natanam — a graceful dance likened to a bhringa (bee) hovering and swaying over a flower, drawn by its nectar. As one of the six shrines that received a Vidanga image within the Muchukunda legend centred at Thiruvarur, the temple shares the common lore of the dancing Shiva idols gifted through Indra. Of Chola antiquity, it has a five-tiered rajagopuram and elevated stone walls dividing its precincts. Its Tevaram hymns and Sapta Vidanga status make it an important station on the pilgrimage circuit of the seven dancing shrines set along the Cauvery in the fertile delta country around Thiruvarur.