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High medieval · Hindu · India

Thirukolakka Sapthapureeswarar Temple

Keezhai Thirukolakka, Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu · 11.2347°, 79.7281°

Shiva (Sapthapureeswarar), with consort Osai Kodutha NayakiUndetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva temple at Keezhai Thirukolakka, historically called Sapthapuri, counted among the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams and sung in the Tevaram by Tirugnanasambandar and Sundarar.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

It is at this shrine that the child saint Sambandar is said to have miraculously received his golden cymbals.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined