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Thiruppunavasal (Thiruppunavayil), Tamil Nadu · 9.8555°, 79.0692°
A coastal-country shrine of Pudukkottai district counted as the seventh of the Pandya-region Tevara sthalams, where Sambandar, Appar and Sundarar each sang the presiding deity.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The four Vedas together with Brahma, Vishnu and Lakshmi, Indra, Surya, Chandra and the sages Vasishta and Agastya are all said to have worshipped Shiva here.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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