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High medieval · Hindu · India
Kambatta Viswanathar Temple
Kumbakonam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.9562°, 79.3665°
Shiva (Visveswarar), with the goddess AnandhanithiUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the twelve Shiva temples of Kumbakonam associated with the twelve-yearly Mahamaham festival; its name records a Chola-period mint that struck gold and silver coins on the spot.