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High medieval · Hindu · India
Agastheesvarar Temple, Purisai
Purisai, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu · 12.5790°, 79.5852°
Agastheesvarar (Shiva)UndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Purisai whose presiding deity is Agastheesvarar and whose goddess is Akilandesvari. It is counted among the Vaippu Sthalams, shrines named in passing in the hymns of the Nayanar Sundarar.