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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Thirukkalvanur (Adi Varaha Perumal shrine)
திருக்கள்வனூர்
Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu · 12.8408°, 79.7032°
Adi Varaha PerumalUndetermined—Divya Desam
Sacred since
600 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
attested among the Divya Desams; construction unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Divya Desam that survives as the Adi Varaha Perumal shrine within the premises of the Kamakshi Amman temple, beside the goddess's sanctum. Its Lakshmi image is unusual in facing the deity in a worshipping posture, and the shrine bears the Vamana vimana.