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திருவேகடம் ஏகடநாதேசுவரர் கோயில்
Tiruvedagam, Tamil Nadu · 9.9860°, 77.9931°
A Shiva temple on the Vaigai bank northwest of Madurai, founded under the Pandyas with its present masonry raised in the Nayak period, and hymned by Sambandar among the Paadal Petra Sthalams.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
In Sambandar's contest with the Jains, his palm-leaf hymn floated upstream against the Vaigai and landed here, giving Thiruvedagam its name.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Nayak
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