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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Thalagireeshwarar Temple
Panamalai (Viluppuram district), Tamil Nadu · 12.1042°, 79.3786°
Shiva as Talagirisvara, enshrined as a DharalingamPallavaPallava
Sacred since
600 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
7th c. (Narasimhavarman II)
Pallava
History & significance
A Pallava shrine built by Narasimhavarman II on a hillock above the Panamalai lake, its three-tiered vimana closely echoing the Kailasanatha temple, with squatting-lion pillars typical of the dynasty. Its painted panel of the dancing Shiva is among the earliest known representations of Nataraja.