High medieval · Hindu · India

Kumbakonam Brahma Temple

Kumbakonam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.9542°, 79.3769°

Vishnu (Vedanarayana Perumal)Undetermined—

Sacred since

1000 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

dating unrecorded

Undetermined

History & significance

A Kumbakonam temple whose moolavar is Vishnu as Vedanarayana Perumal, but which is best known for its shrine to Brahma alongside Saraswati, Gayatri and Yoganarasimha. Dedicated Brahma shrines are rare in India, the other well-known one being at Pushkar in Rajasthan.

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