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Thirumalairayanpattinam, Karaikal district, Puducherry · 10.8709°, 79.8273°
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.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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