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Late medieval · Hindu · India
Krishnapuram Venkatachalapathy Temple
Krishnapuram, Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu · 8.6890°, 77.8040°
Vishnu as Venkatachalapathy, with Alamelumangai (Lakshmi)Madurai NayakDravidian (Nayak)
Sacred since
1563 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1563–72 (Krishnappa Nayak)
Madurai Nayak
History & significance
A 16th-century Vishnu temple near Tirunelveli raised by the Madurai Nayak ruler Krishnappa Nayak and regarded as a showcase of Nayak sculpture and pillared halls; worship follows the Pancharatra agama in the Thenkalai tradition.