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High medieval · Hindu · India
Engan Brahmapurisvarar Temple
Engan, Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.8135°, 79.5425°
Shiva as Brahmapurisvarar (goddess Periyanayaki)UndeterminedDravida
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple, also called Brahmeesvaram, in the village of Engan about 13 km from Tiruvarur. Its walled prakara holds several subsidiary shrines, including a prominent Murugan sannidhi reached from the southern entrance.