Viluppuram district · Tamil Nadu
Chandramouleeswar temple, Thiruvakkarai
A 10th-century Chola temple of Shiva at Thiruvakkarai in Villupuram district, also known as the Vakrakali temple.
Photo: Arunankapilan · CC BY-SA 3.0
Puducherry · Temple listing
Vadukeeswarar temple
01 · Discover
History & tradition
Vadukeeswarar Temple, also called the Thiruvandarkoil or Panchanadeeswarar temple, is at Thiruvandarkoil, a village in Puducherry on the highway towards Villupuram. Shiva is worshipped here as Vadukeeswarar in the form of a lingam, and Parvati as Thiripura Sundari. The deity is praised in the 7th-century Tevaram hymns of the Nayanmars, so the shrine is counted among the Paadal Petra Sthalams of the Shaiva tradition.
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03 · Getting there
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Vadukeeswarar temple
Puducherry
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04 · At the temple
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Viluppuram district · Tamil Nadu
Arasaleeswarar temple
A Paadal Petra Sthalam at Olindiyampattu in Villupuram district, where Shiva is worshipped as Arasaleeswarar.
Photo: Ssriram mt · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cuddalore · Tamil Nadu
Pataleeswarar Temple
A Pallava and Chola temple of Shiva at Thirupathiripuliyur in Cuddalore, where the saint Appar embraced Shaivism.
Photo: Mohan Krishnan · CC BY-SA 3.0
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- Wikidata — structured place recordRetrieved 2026-11-12
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