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High medieval · Hindu · India
Alavaimalai Subrayar Murugan Temple
Alavaipatti, Vennandur block, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu · 11.4728°, 78.1150°
Murugan (Subrayar)UndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A hill shrine of Murugan on Alavaimalai near Alavaipatti in the Vennandur block of Namakkal district, built in the Dravidian manner and served by a climb to the summit sanctum.