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High medieval · Hindu · India
Ratnagiriswarar Temple
அய்யர் மலை இரத்தினகிரீசுவரர் கோயில்
Vaatpokki (Ayermalai), Tamil Nadu · 10.8792°, 78.3888°
Shiva (Ratnagiriswarar)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A hill temple in Karur district, one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams, with Tevaram verses composed in its praise by Appar and Sundarar; the shrine crowns the Ratnagiri hill at Ayermalai near Kulithalai.