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High medieval · Hindu · India
Keezhaiyur Kadaimudinathar Temple
திருக்கடைமுடி
Keezhaiyur (Thirukkadaimudi), Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu · 11.1467°, 79.8456°
Kadaimudinathar (Shiva), with AbiramiUndetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Paadal Petra Sthalam on the northern bank of the Kaveri near Poompuhar, glorified by Tirugnanasambandar in the Tevaram poems.
Sthala katha — the traditional account
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.
Brahma himself is believed to have worshipped Shiva at this shrine.