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High medieval · Hindu · India

Kola Valvill Ramar Temple

Thiruvelliyangudi, Tamil Nadu · 11.0567°, 79.4431°

Kola Valvill Ramar (Vishnu)UndeterminedDravidianDivya Desam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

One of the 108 Divya Desams, a village shrine 19 km from Kumbakonam where Vishnu is worshipped as the bow-bearing Kola Valvill Ramar, praised in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham.

Sthala katha — the legend

The divine architect Mayan is said to have raised this temple by the Kaveri as an earthly Vaikuntha at Brahma's bidding.

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Sources

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