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High medieval · Hindu · India
Vyakrapureeswarar Temple
பெரும்புலியூர் வியாக்ரபுரீஸ்வரர் கோயில்
Tirupperumpuliyur, Tamil Nadu · 10.8972°, 79.0890°
Shiva (Vyakrapureeswarar)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A north-bank Kaveri shrine in Thanjavur district, one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams glorified by Tirugnanasambandar, and counted among the Nava Puliyur ("nine tiger-town") temples associated with the sages Patanjali and Vyaghrapada.