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High medieval · Hindu · India
Semmeninathar Temple
திருக்கானூர் செம்மேனிநாதர் கோயில்
Tirukkaanoor, Tamil Nadu · 10.8674°, 78.9553°
Shiva (Semmeninathar)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams built on the northern bank of the Kaveri in Thanjavur district, glorified in the Tevaram hymns of Tirugnanasambandar and Tirunavukkarasar (Appar).