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High medieval · Hindu · India
Koothanur Maha Saraswathi Temple
Koothanur, Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.9332°, 79.6457°
Saraswati (Mahasaraswati)UndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
The only temple in Tamil Nadu with Saraswati as its presiding deity, at Koothanur in Tiruvarur district; shrines to her are rare anywhere in India. The medieval Tamil poets Ottakoothar and Kambar sang of it, and Vijayadasami is its chief festival.