Tenkasi district · Tamil Nadu
Kasi Viswanathar temple, Tenkasi
A 13th-century Pandya temple of Shiva as Kasi Viswanathar in Tenkasi, with later Nayak additions.
Photo: pandiaeee · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tamil Nadu · Temple listing
Papanasanathar Temple
01 · Discover
History & tradition
Papanasanathar Temple is at Papanasam, a village about 60 km from Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu. Shiva is worshipped here as Papanasanathar and Parvati as Ulagammai. Built in the Dravidian style, the temple has three precincts within a granite wall and a seven-tiered gateway tower. It was first built by Chandrakula Pandya, and the Vijayanagara and Nayak kings added to it in the 16th century; its sculptures are good examples of Nayak art.
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ArchitectureDravidian architecture
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02 · Before you go
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03 · Getting there
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Papanasanathar Temple
Temple Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu
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04 · At the temple
Darshan & customs
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- Wikidata — structured place recordRetrieved 2026-11-12
- Wikipedia — further readingChecked 2026-11-12