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High medieval · Hindu · India
Tirukkollampudur Vilvaranyeswarar Temple
திருக்கொள்ளம்புதூர் வில்வாரண்யேஸ்வரர் கோயில்
Tirukkollampudur, Tamil Nadu · 10.8146°, 79.4599°
Shiva as Vilvaranyeswarar (consort Soundara Nayaki)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams glorified by Tirugnanasambandar, and one of the five Pancha Aranya (forest) Sthalams, associated with the vilva grove.