Kalyanasundaresar Temple, Nallur or Thirunallur is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva in Nallur, Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 10 km away from Kumbakonam, 6 km east of Thirukkarugavur, and
View of the Kalyanasundaresar temple tower
Image of the Vimanam, the shrine over the sanctum
Sapthasagaram, the temple tank located outside the main entrance of the temple
A shrine in the second precinct of the temple as seen from the hillock
Sambandar
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Sambandar, also referred to as Tirujnana Sambandar, was a Shaiva poet-saint of Tamil Nadu who lived sometime in the 7th century CE. According to the Tamil Shaiva tradition, he composed an oeuvre of 16
A copper alloy sculpture of Sambandar with forefinger pointing slightly up (symbolically towards Parvati and Shiva)
Amirthakadaieeshwarar temple relief depicting Appar bearing Sambandar's palanquin
The Child Saint Sambandar, chola bronze, 12th century India, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Sambandar (Wooden Image), ASI Museum, Vellore