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Sundaresvarar Temple, Kundayur

Kundaiyur, Thirukkuvalai, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu · 10.6379°, 79.7219°

Shiva (Sundaresvarar), with the goddess MeenakshiUndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

One of the Vaippu Sthalams praised in the hymns of the Nayanar Sundarar, near Thirukkuvalai in Nagapattinam district. The temple has no gopuram but opens to both east and west, keeps two atti trees, and holds an annual Nel Atti Vizha during Masi Maham.

Sthala katha — the legend

Sundarar is said to have asked the god at Tirukkuvalai to send on the paddy he had been given, and the deity had it delivered by his attendants.

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Sources

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