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Ampal Brahmapureeswarar Temple

Ambal, Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.9170°, 79.6808°

Shiva (as Brahmapureeswarar), with PoonguzhalammaiCholaDravidian
Sacred since
600 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
early medieval (Kochengat Chola maadakoil)
Chola

History & significance

A Shiva temple at Ambal in Tiruvarur district, held to be the last of the sixty raised-platform maadakoil shrines built by Kochengat Chola, with a three-tiered rajagopuram. It is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams, sung by Tirugnanasambandar in the Tevaram, and is run by the Tamil Nadu HR&CE department.

Sthala katha — the legend

Brahma, cursed by Shiva, is said to have worshipped here and bathed in the temple tank Annam Poigai to regain his form.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chola