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High medieval · Hindu · India
Thoovanayanar Thoovainathar Temple (Paravai Un Mandali)
தூவாநாயனார் கோயில் தூவாய் நாதர் கோயில்
Tiruvarur (Arurparavaiumandali), Tamil Nadu · 10.7750°, 79.6367°
Shiva as Thoovainathar (consort Panchin Mennadiyal)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A shrine on Tiruvarur's East Street, historically called Arurparavaiyunmandazhi, counted among the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams and glorified by Tirugnanasambandar.