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High medieval · Hindu · India
Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Poonamallee
Poonamallee, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 13.0511°, 80.0973°
Varadharaja Perumal (Vishnu) with Pushpavalli ThayarUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1,000 years old
Undetermined
History & significance
A Vishnu temple in the Chennai suburb of Poonamallee, reckoned about a thousand years old and linked with the Vaishnava acharya Thirukatchi Nambi. Its Chola-period tank of over an acre long watered the surrounding paddy fields and supplied the town with domestic water.