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High medieval · Hindu · India
Divyagnanesvarar Temple, Koviladi
Koviladi, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.8408°, 78.8891°
Shiva (Divyagnanesvarar), with the goddess AkilandesvariUndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Koviladi, known as Sadaimudi in Appar's day and later as Tirupper Nagar, and listed among the Vaippu Sthalams. Its inscriptions record Chola-period administrative divisions and refer to Kochengat Cholan's capture of a Chera king at the site.