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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.