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High medieval · Hindu · India

Choleesvarar Temple, Mulanur

Mulanur, Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.7966°, 77.7105°

Shiva as Choleesvarar, with SoundaranayakiUndetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva temple at Mulanur counted among the Vaippu Sthalams named in the hymns of the Nayanar Sundarar, with subsidiary shrines to Vinayaka, Subramanya with Valli and Deivanai, Surya, Bhairava and Nataraja.

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Sources

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