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High medieval · Hindu · India
Arunachalesvarar Temple, Ammapettai
Ammapettai, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.7992°, 79.3236°
Arunachalesvarar (Shiva), with DharmasamvarthaniUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Ammapettai in Papanasam taluk, about 21 km east of Thanjavur, laid out with a prakara, mahamandapa and kosta niches holding several subsidiary shrines. Its most recent consecration, the Kumbhabhishekam, was performed on 15 September 2005.