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High medieval · Hindu · India

Asaladeebesvarar Temple, Mohanur

Mohanur, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu · 11.0519°, 78.1371°

Shiva as Asaladeebesvarar, with the goddess MaduraveniUndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shaiva temple near the Kaveri at Mohanur with a single prakaram, the lingam facing west and the goddess east, and shrines to Vinayaka, Subramania, Nataraja, Kali and the 63 Nayanars. It is one of the Vaippu Sthalams named in the hymns of Appar, and Maha Shivaratri is its chief festival.

Sthala katha — the legend

Local tradition holds that a small spring rises from beneath the feet of the presiding deity and runs to the Kaveri.

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Sources

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