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High medieval · Hindu · India
Nandinadesvarar Temple, Poikainallur
North Poikainallur, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu · 10.7332°, 79.8403°
Shiva (Nandinadesvarar), with the goddess SoundaranayakiUndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple in North Poikainallur, the half of the twin settlement that carries the Vaippu Sthalam status conferred by Appar's hymns. Maha Shivaratri is its principal festival.