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High medieval · Hindu · India
Manickavannar Temple
திருவாளப்புத்தூர் மாணிக்கவண்ணர் கோயில்
Tiruvalaputhur, Tamil Nadu · 11.2010°, 79.6183°
Shiva (Manicka Vannar / Rathnapureeswarar)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams, at Tiruvalaputhur in Mayiladuthurai district, glorified in the early medieval Tevaram poems of Tirugnanasambandar and Sundarar.