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Magudeswarar Temple, Kodumudi

கொடுமுடி மகுடேசுவரர் கோயில்

Kodumudi (Pandikkodumudi), Tamil Nadu · 11.1373°, 77.8339°

Shiva as Magudeswarar (Kodumudi Nathar), with Parvati as Panmozhi NayakiPandya patronage—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
600 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
by 7th c. (Tevaram era); Pandya epigraphs
Pandya patronage

History & significance

The sixth Tevaram shrine of the Kongu country, on the Kaveri at Kodumudi, sung by Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar alike and bearing epigraphs of Pandya rulers including Maravarman Sundarapandian.

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.

A crow is said to have tipped over sage Agastya's water-pot here, the spilt water flowing on as the Kaveri to nourish the farmlands downstream.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Pandya patronage