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Late medieval · Hindu · India

Kailasanathar Temple, Thingalur

திங்களூர்

Thingalur, Tamil Nadu · 10.8867°, 79.1256°

Shiva as Kailasanathar; Navagraha shrine of Chandra (the Moon)NayakDravidianNavagraha
Sacred since
1500 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
16th c. Nayak structure on a Chola foundation
Nayak

History & significance

One of the nine Navagraha temples of Tamil Nadu, assigned to the Moon, standing between Thanjavur and Kumbakonam. The site is praised in the 7th-century Tevaram as a Vaippu Sthalam, and its present masonry was built by the Nayaks over an earlier Chola complex.

Sthala katha — the legend

The moon god Chandra is said to have worshipped Kailasanathar here after a curse dimmed him, and to have regained his powers in return.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Nayak