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Anekadhangavadeswarar Temple

Kanchipuram (Kachi Anekatangavadam), Tamil Nadu · 12.8419°, 79.6911°

Shiva (Anekadhangavadeswarar)Undetermined—Paadal Petra Sthalam

Sacred since

1000 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

dating unrecorded

Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva temple in Kanchipuram revered in the 7th-century Tamil Saiva canon Tevaram and counted among the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams. It remains an active place of worship maintained by the Government of Tamil Nadu.

Sthala katha — the legend

Tradition holds that Vinayaka himself installed the lingam here, and that the deity slew the demon king Kesi and brought about Vinayaka's marriage to his daughter Vallabai.

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