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High medieval · Hindu · India
Kundrathur Nageswarar Temple
Kundrathur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 12.9981°, 80.0936°
Shiva (Nageswarar), with Kamakshi AmmanCholaChola
Sacred since
1100 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
12th c. (Chola period)
Chola
History & significance
A 12th-century Shiva temple at Kundrathur built by the Shaiva saint Sekkizhar and modelled on the Thirunageswaram temple at Kumbakonam; it is counted among the Navagraha temples associated with Rahu.