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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Kodi Kuzhagar Temple
கோடியக்கரை அமுதகடேசுவரர் கோயில்
Kodikkarai (Point Calimere), Tamil Nadu · 10.3036°, 79.8286°
Shiva as Kuzhagar, with Thadangani AmmanChola—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
800 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
9th c. (Chola); inscriptions from Aditya I onward
Chola
History & significance
The land's-end Shiva shrine of Kodikkarai at Point Calimere, a Paadal Petra Sthalam of the Tevaram canon carrying Chola inscriptions from Aditya I, Rajaraja I, Rajendra I and Kulothunga I.