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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
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 legend

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