Rajacholeesvarar (Shiva, as a lingam); goddess AbiramiUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple in Thirumalairayanpattinam, the settlement founded as the seat of Saluva Thirumalairayan, a fifteenth-century Vijayanagara representative in the Karaikal region. Its prakara carries sculptures of the sixty-three Nayanmars.