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High medieval · Hindu · India
Kurumanakkudi Kannayiram Udayar Temple
Kurumanakkudi (Mayiladuthurai district), Tamil Nadu · 11.1792°, 79.7314°
Shiva as Kannayiram Udayar (Kannayiranathar), with Murugu Valar Kothi NaayakiUndetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Kurumanakkudi in Mayiladuthurai district, one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams celebrated in the Tevaram hymns of Tirugnanasambandar.
Sthala katha — the traditional account
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Vishnu in his dwarf form as Vamana is believed to have worshipped Shiva at this spot.