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High medieval · Hindu · India
Ekambaranathar Temple, Tiruvekambathur
Tiruvekambathur, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu · 9.8316°, 78.7833°
Ekambaranathar (Shiva), with SnehavalliUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Tiruvekambathur, also called Tiruvekambattu or Tiruvekambam, in Ramanathapuram district, where the god is worshipped as Ekambaranathar with the goddess Snehavalli.