Early modern · Hindu · India
Walajapet Kasiviswanathar Temple Walajapet, Ranipet district, Tamil Nadu · 12.9258°, 79.3597°
Shiva (Kasiviswanathar), consort Kasivisalakshi Undetermined Dravidian
Sacred since
1700 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. early 18th c.
Undetermined
History & significance A Shiva temple in the Walajapet neighbourhood of Ranipet in northern Tamil Nadu, built about three hundred years ago, where the god is worshipped as Kasiviswanathar alongside the goddess Kasivisalakshi.
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