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Avalivanallur Satchinathar Temple
அவளிவணல்லூர் சாட்சிநாதர் கோயில்
Avalivanallur, Tamil Nadu · 10.8319°, 79.3274°
Shiva as SatchinatharUndetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams glorified in the Tevaram, and part of the Pancha Aranya (five forest) Sthalams cluster of the Kumbakonam-Tiruvarur region.