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ஆலங்குடி ஆபத்சகாயேசுவரர் கோயில்
Alangudi (Tiruvirumpoolai), Tamil Nadu · 10.8293°, 79.4092°
A Paadal Petra Sthalam revered in the Tevaram and one of Tamil Nadu's nine Navagraha pilgrimage temples, honoured as the Guru (Jupiter) sthalam. The original complex is credited to the Cholas, with the present masonry built under the 16th-century Nayaks.
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.
Shiva is said to have drunk the deadly poison of the ocean-churning here, earning the name Apatsahayesvarar, the saviour in peril.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Nayak
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