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High medieval · Hindu · India
Veerabhadreswarar Temple, Kumbakonam
Kumbakonam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu · 10.9572°, 79.3814°
Shiva as Agora Veerabhadra, with the goddess BhadrakaliUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A west-facing Shiva temple in Kumbakonam whose presiding form is the fierce Agora Veerabhadra, paired with Bhadrakali. The Tamil poet Ottakoothar is said to have composed his Thakka Yaga Barani here.