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High medieval · Hindu · India
Arunajadeswarar (Thaalapureeswarar) Temple
திருப்பனந்தாள் அருணஜடேசுவரர் கோயில்
Thiruppanandal, Tamil Nadu · 11.0923°, 79.4525°
Shiva (Aruna Jadeswarar)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams, on the Kollidam at Thiruppanandal, praised by Tirugnanasambandar, Tirunavukkarasar, Nambiyandar Nambi and later Arunagirinathar; the west-facing temple has three prakaras and shrines of Ambika, Durga and Naga Kanni.