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High medieval · Hindu · India
Dharmapureesvarar Temple, Vadakandam
Vadakandam, Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.8043°, 79.5862°
Shiva (Dharmapureesvarar)UndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A small Shiva shrine about 7 km from Tiruvarur, counted among the Vaippu Sthalams praised in the hymns of the Saiva saint Appar. It has no gateway tower, its lingam sanctum instead sitting inside a plain walled prakara with a nandi mandapa and subsidiary shrines.