The sacred geography of the Indic world — every site mapped, dated, storied, and cited.
Tiruppaatrurai, Tamil Nadu · 10.8458°, 78.7692°
A Shiva temple carrying several Chola-period inscriptions and counted a Paadal Petra Sthalam, praised by the 7th-century Nayanar saint Tirugnanasambandar in the Tevaram. It is run by the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board and keeps six daily rituals and three annual festivals.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
A Chola king hunting here loosed an arrow at a bird and struck an anthill that began to ooze milk; Shiva then appeared in his dream to reveal his presence, and the king built the temple on the spot.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chola
Answers only from cited records
Opening the line…