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Punnainallur Kothandaramar Temple
Punnainallur, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu · 10.7865°, 79.1876°
Rama as Kothandaramar (with Sita and Lakshmana)UndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1739 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1739–1763
Undetermined
History & significance
An 18th-century Rama temple near Thanjavur, one of the 88 shrines of the Thanjavur Palace Devasthanam administered by the Tamil Nadu HR&CE department. It preserves shaligrama sculptures presented to the ruler of Thanjavur by a king of Nepal, and its walls carry painted episodes from the Ramayana.