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Parijatha Vaneswarar Temple

திருக்களர் பாரிஜாதவனேசுவரர் கோயில்

Tirukkalar, Tamil Nadu · 10.5609°, 79.5696°

Shiva as Parijatha Vaneswarar / Kalarmulainathar (consort Amudhavalli)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

One of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams with Tevaram hymns by Sambandar and Tirunavukkarasar, marked by an 80-foot five-tiered east-facing rajagopuram.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

The sage Durvasa is said to have brought parijatha flowers from the celestial world and installed a shivalinga beneath a parijatha tree in the grove he planted here.

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Sources

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