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High medieval · Hindu · India
Dakshinakokarnesvarar Temple, Pulivalam
Pulivalam, Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.7537°, 79.6369°
Shiva (Dakshinakokarnesvarar), with the goddess AnandavalliUndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple about 3 km from Pulivalam on the Tiruvarur-Thiruthuraipoondi road, listed among the Vaippu Sthalams praised by Appar. Two further temples of the same name stand in Tiruchirappalli district.