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Adi Annamalai, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu · 9.6647°, 77.3036°
A Shiva shrine on the girivalam path around Arunachala, held to be older than the great Annamalaiyar temple in Tiruvannamalai town. It is counted among the Vaippu Sthalams praised in the hymns of the Nayanar saint Appar.
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.
Its lingam, like that of the big temple, is held to be swayambhu, self-manifested rather than installed.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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