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High medieval · Hindu · India

Navaladi Karuppuswami Temple

Mohanur, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu · 11.0531°, 78.1454°

Karuppu Sami (Navaladian)Undetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
reckoned 500–1000 years old
Undetermined

History & significance

A guardian-deity temple at Mohanur in Namakkal district, reckoned between five hundred and a thousand years old, whose deity the local ruler Mohur Pazhayan is said to have consulted before taking decisions. A naval tree and a neem tree in the precinct are themselves objects of worship, and the temple was reconsecrated in June 2018.

Sthala katha — the legend

After the Chera king Senguttuvan worshipped here before marching north, the naval tree beside the shrine withered, and the deity came to be called Navaladian, the one of the naval tree.

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Sources

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