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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Vengeeswarar Temple
Vadapalani, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 13.0486°, 80.2128°
Shiva (Vengeeswarar), with the goddess Saanthanayaki AmbalUndetermined—
Sacred since
900 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
structure over 1,000 years old
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple at Vadapalani in Chennai whose structure is reckoned more than a thousand years old, fronted by a large rajagopuram covered in stucco figures.