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High medieval · Hindu · India
Vaigalnathar Temple
Thiruvaigal, Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu · 10.9846°, 79.5162°
Shiva (Vaigalnathar / Shenbaga Aranyeswarar)Early Chola—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
Early Chola (attributed to Kochengannan); century unrecorded
Early Chola
History & significance
A Shiva temple in the Kaveri delta held to be one of the three principal shrines raised by the early Chola king Kochengannan, and praised in the Tamil Saiva canon.