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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.

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Sources

Wikipedia

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