High medieval · Hindu · India

Panchavan Madeviyar Pallippadai Temple

Pazhayarai, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.9235°, 79.3378°

ShivaCholaPallippadai (cenotaph shrine)

Sacred since

1000 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

early 11th c. (Chola)

Chola

History & significance

A rare Chola pallippadai, a temple raised over a burial: Rajendra Chola placed the ashes of his stepmother Panchavan Madeviyar, a queen of Rajaraja I, in an urn here and built a Shiva shrine above it, the urn still shown over the lingam. It fell into ruin and was restored by the Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department in 1978.

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