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High medieval · Hindu · India
Mattrurai Varadeswarar Temple
திருவாசி மாற்றுரைவரதீசுவரர் கோயில்
Thiruvasi (Tiruppachilasramam), Tamil Nadu · 10.8898°, 78.6655°
Shiva (Mattruraivaradar)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 Thiruvasi near Tiruchirappalli, celebrated in the Tevaram hymns of Tirugnanasambandar and Sundarar; the site was anciently known as Tirupachilasramam.