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Poombarai, Kodaikanal, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu · 10.2564°, 77.4072°
A hill temple above Poombarai near Kodaikanal, attributed to a Chera king of the 2nd to 5th centuries, with an east-facing sanctum and no tower. Devotees are given the sandalwood paste applied nightly to the idol as medicine, and the annual chariot festival falls on Kettai after Thai Poosam.
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.
The idol is said to have been made by the siddha Bogar from navapashanam, an amalgam of nine poisons, as a spiritual medicine, and a Chera king is held to have restored the neglected shrine after being told to in a dream.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chera
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