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The '''Thiruppanandal Adheenam'''{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} is a [[Saivite]] monastic institution based in the town of [[Thiruppanandal]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. As of 2003, the Thiruppanandal Adheenam was one of the biggest landowning agencies in [[Thanjavur district]].<ref name="unfinishedp182">{{cite book|title=Tamil Nadu: an unfinished task|pages=182|author=M. Thangaraj|isbn=978-0-7619-9780-1|publisher=SAGE|year=2003}}</ref> It is one of largest land managing agency.
==Activities==
The Adheenam is involved in publishing Saivite literature, specifically ''[[Thevaram]]'' and ''[[Tiruvasakam]]'' and its translations. It is also involved in literary scholarship.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Arabic-Tamil In South India And Sri Lanka: Language As Mimicry|jstor= 20840120|page=182|last=M.M.M.|first=Mahroof|journal=Islamic Studies|volume=32|issue=2|year=1993|publisher=Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad}}</ref> The Adheenam along with [[Thiruvaduthurai Adheenam]] and [[Dharmapuram Adheenam]] were founded during the 16th century to spread the ideology of [[Saiva-Siddhanta|Saiva Sidhantam]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Singing of a Place: Pilgrimage as Metaphor and Motif in the Tēvāram Songs of the Tamil Śaivite Saints|jstor=601112|journal=Journal of the American Oriental Society|last=Peterson|first=Indira V.|year=1982|volume=102|issue=1|page=82|doi=10.2307/601112}}</ref>
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