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High medieval · Hindu · India

Vyagrapurisvarar Temple, Thiruvengaivasal

Thiruvengaivasal, Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu · 10.4143°, 78.7743°

Shiva as Vyagrapurisvarar, with ParvatiUndetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva temple in Pudukkottai district whose sanctum faces west so that the evening sun falls on the deity, and which holds an unusual octagonal prakara shrine for Murugan alongside several subsidiary shrines.

Sthala katha — the legend

Guided by the sage Kapila, the divine cow Kamadhenu is said to have worshipped Shiva here by pouring water from her ears and won his blessing.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined