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High medieval · Hindu · India
Athmanathaswamy Temple, Avudaiyarkoil
Avudaiyarkoil, Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu · 10.0731°, 79.0400°
Shiva as Athmanathaswamy (worshipped without an image of the lingam)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
attributed to Manikkavasagar; century unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
The Shiva temple of Tirupperunturai on the south bank of the Vellar in Pudukkottai district, which inscriptions connect with the Saiva saint Manikkavasagar and which gives the village its name of Avudaiyarkoil.