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High medieval · Hindu · India
Tirttapaleeswarar Temple, Triplicane
Triplicane, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 13.0480°, 80.2744°
Shiva as TirttapaleeswararUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple on Natesan Street off the Mylapore–Triplicane road in Chennai, counted among the Sapta Sthana — the seven Shiva temples of Mylapore visited together as a set.