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Valampurinathar Temple
மேலப்பெரும்பள்ளம் வலம்புரநாதர் கோயில்
Melaperumpallam (Tiruvalampuram), Tamil Nadu · 11.1421°, 79.8070°
Shiva (Valampuranathar), consort VaduvakirkanniChola—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
850 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
Chola era
Chola
History & significance
The Tiruvalampuram shrine near the Kaveri's mouth, raised in the medieval Chola period and revered as a Paadal Petra Sthalam in the 7th-century Tevaram hymns.