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High medieval · Hindu · India
Nellukkadai Mariamman Temple
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu · 10.7611°, 79.8429°
MariammanUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Mariamman shrine in Nagapattinam town with a rajagopura and prakara, run by the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department. Besides the four-armed goddess it houses shrines to Vinayaka, Subramanya, Kathavaraya Swamy, Periyachchi, Ayyanar and Ellaiyamman.