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Punnainallur, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.7844°, 79.1889°
A Shiva temple at Punnainallur near Thanjavur, one of the 88 shrines of the Thanjavur Palace Devasthanam administered by the Tamil Nadu HR&CE department. A Nataraja bronze stolen from it in 1971 was recovered from the Asia Society Museum in New York and returned in 2021.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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