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High medieval · Hindu · India
Rajagopalaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.8717°, 79.1077°
Vishnu as Rajagopalaswamy, with consort SengamalavalliUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Vishnu temple in the north of Big Street in the temple town of Kumbakonam, where the god is worshipped in his Rajagopalaswamy form alongside his consort Sengamalavalli.