Pasupatheeswarar Temple

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Pasupatheeswarar Temple, Avoor or Avoor Pasupatheeswaram is a Hindu temple dedicated to Hindu god Shiva, located in the village Avoor, located 12 km south of South Indian town, Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. The temple is one of the 70 madakoil built by 2nd century Chola king, Kochengat Chola. The temple is known for the Panchabairavar, the five images of Bhairavar. The temple is revered in the verses of Tevaram, the 7th century Tamil Saiva canon by Tirugnana Sambandar. ()

Coordinates: 10°28'60"N, 78°40'60"E

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Tamil NaduIndia

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Pasupatheeswarar Temple – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sittanavasal Cave, Masilamaniswara Temple, Narthamalai, Sakshinatheswarar Temple.

3.4 miSE
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Sittanavasal Cave
88 min walk • Sittanavasal Cave is a 2nd-century Tamil Śramaṇa complex of caves in Sittanavasal village in Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu, India. Its name is a distorted form of Sit-tan-na-va-yil, a Tamil word which means "the abode of great saints".
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Masilamaniswara Temple
1 min walk • Masilamaniswara Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Hindu god Shiva, located in the village Thiruvaduthurai, located 22 km from the South Indian town, Kumbakonam and 14 km from Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the shrines of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams.
5.5 miE
Town, Archaeological site
Narthamalai
141 min walk • Narthamalai, a cluster of small hills, is 25 km from Trichy on the Trichy-Pudukottai highway in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
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Sakshinatheswarar Temple
1 min walk • Sakshinatheswarar Temple or Thiruppurambiyam Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Thiruppurambiyam, Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshipped as Sakshinathar, and is represented by the lingam. His consort Parvati is depicted as Ikshuvani.
5.9 miW
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Vijayalaya Choleeswaram
152 min walk • Vijayalaya Choleeswaram in Narthamalai, a panchayat town in Pudukottai district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu,India, is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva.

Pasupatheeswarar Temple

Facts and practical information

Pasupatheeswarar Temple – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Sittanavasal Cave

Masilamaniswara Temple

Narthamalai

Sakshinatheswarar Temple

Vijayalaya Choleeswaram