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High medieval · Hindu · India
Swarnapureeswarar Temple, Semponarkoil
Semponarkoil, Tamil Nadu · 11.1050°, 79.7419°
Swarnapureeswarar (Shiva)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple on the Kaveri at Semponarkoil in Mayiladuthurai district, one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams hymned in the Tevaram by Sambandar and Appar. Its goddess is Suguntha Kundalambikai, and the place also carried the older names Lakshmipuri and Indirapuri.