Tiruvarur district · Tamil Nadu
Koneswarar Temple, Kudavasal
An elevated ‘maadakkovil’ of Shiva at Kudavasal in Tiruvarur district, attributed to the Chola king Kochengannan.
Photo: Ssriram mt · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tamil Nadu · Temple listing
Rajagopalaswamy Temple, Mannargudi
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History & tradition
The Rajagopalaswamy Temple is in the town of Mannargudi in Tamil Nadu. Its presiding deity is Rajagopalaswamy, a form of Krishna, with his consort worshipped as Sengamala Thayar. Devotees call the place Dakshina Dwaraka, the Dwaraka of the south, and it is held to be first among the Abhimana Kshetrams of the Vaishnava tradition. The temple was built under the Cholas and greatly enlarged by the Thanjavur Nayaks in the 16th century. It spreads over about 23 acres within a granite wall whose beauty is proverbial in Tamil, and its rajagopuram rises to about 47 metres. Nine sacred water bodies are associated with the temple.
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ArchitectureDravidian architecture
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03 · Getting there
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Rajagopalaswamy Temple, Mannargudi
Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu
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Photo: Kasiarunachalam · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Photo: Ssriram mt · CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Wikidata — structured place recordRetrieved 2026-11-12
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