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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Theerthapurisvarar Temple, Tiruvattatthurai
திருவட்டத்துறை தீர்த்தபுரீசுவரர் கோயில்
Tiruvattatthurai (Tirunelvayil Aratturai), Tamil Nadu · 11.3817°, 79.1905°
Shiva as Theerthapurisvarar (Aratturainathar), with AnandanayagiUndetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
600 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
by 7th c. (Tevaram era)
Undetermined
History & significance
The village shrine of ancient Tirunelvayil Aratturai in Cuddalore district, a Paadal Petra Sthalam where Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar are all held to have worshipped.