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Keezhvelur Kediliappar Temple
கீவளூர் கேடிலியப்பர் கோயில்
Keezhvelur (Keevalur), Tamil Nadu · 10.7676°, 79.7405°
Shiva as Kediliappar (consort Vanamulai Amman)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
900 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1,000+ years old (tradition)
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams glorified in the Tevaram; its sculptures and mentions in old Saiva literature are held to show an age of a thousand years or more.