The sacred geography of the Indic world — every site mapped, dated, storied, and cited.
3031sites15countries4traditions30centuries
High medieval · Hindu · India
Kamaleswarar Temple
Pudupet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 13.0689°, 80.2664°
Shiva (Komaleeswarar)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple in the Pudupet neighbourhood of Chennai, best known for its association with the 18th-century dubash and philanthropist Pachaiyappa Mudaliar.