The sacred geography of the Indic world — every site mapped, dated, storied, and cited.
3031sites15countries4traditions30centuries
High medieval · Hindu · India
Vanmeekanathar Temple, Tiruvetriyur
Tiruvetriyur, Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu · 9.7082°, 78.9468°
Shiva as Vanmeekanathar, with BagampiriyalUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple in Sivagangai district counted among the Vaippu Sthalams sung by the Nayanars Sambandar and Sundarar; locally it is known after the goddess as the Bagampiriyal temple.