Tirumanancheri Udhvaganathar Temple (திருமணஞ்சேரி உத்வாகநாதர் கோயில்)[1] is a Hindu temple at Thirumanancheri in Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu, India.[2] The presiding deity is Shiva.[3] He is called Udhvaganathar. His consort is known as Kokhila. Sri Kalyanasundareswarar Swamy Temple is another name for this temple.[4]
It is a shrine of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams, Shiva Sthalams glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems by Tamil Saivite Nayanars Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar.[2] The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the banks of River Kaveri.[5]
Tirugnanasambandar describes the feature of the deity as in Gnanasambandar Tevaram, II: 16: 4. Tirunavukkarasar describes the feature of the deity in Tirunavukkarasar Tevaram, V: 87: 6.
Edirkolpadi Temple is nearby in the same town. This is one of the Thevaram Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam of Kaveri Vadakarai in Chozha Nadu. It is also called Melai Thirumanajeri.