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High medieval · Hindu · India
Parasunathar Temple
முழையூர் பரசுநாதசுவாமி திருக்கோயில்
Muzhaiyur, Tamil Nadu · 10.9269°, 79.3530°
Shiva (Parasunathar)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Muzhaiyur near the old Chola capital of Pazhayarai, mentioned by the saint Appar and counted among the Vaippu Sthalams of the Tevaram; besides the shivalinga it houses images of Parashurama, Murugan and Vinayaka.