High medieval · Hindu · India

Srikurmam Temple

Srikurmam, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh · 18.2710°, 84.0050°

Vishnu as Kurmanatha, the tortoise avatarEastern Ganga—

Sacred since

1000 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

restored 1281 CE (Eastern Ganga)

Eastern Ganga

History & significance

One of very few temples in India where Vishnu is worshipped in his Kurma or tortoise form. A temple inscription of 1281 CE records the restoration of Kurmakshetra by Ramanuja under the Eastern Ganga king Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva, and the complex carries inscriptions running from the 11th to the 19th century.

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