Paadal Petra Sthalam
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The Paadal Petra Sthalam, also known as Tevara Sthalam, are 276 temples that are revered in the verses of Shaiva Nayanars in the 6th-9th century CE. The Divya Desams by comparison are the 108 Vishnu temples glorified in the poems of the contemporary Vaishnava Alvars of Tamil Nadu, India.
The three foremost Nayanars with Manikkavacakar - collectively called the Nalvar: (from left) Sambandar, Appar, Sundarar, and Manikkavacakar.
Ekambareswarar Temple, Kanchipuram (Land)
Arunachaleshwarar Temple, Thiruvannamalai(Fire)
Thiruvanaikaval temple, Trichy (Water)
Shiva temples of Tamil Nadu
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Shiva temples are Hindu temples with shrines of Shiva, one of Hinduism's principal deities. It is estimated that there are over 260 Shiva temples in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram, the foremost Shiva temple in Tamil Nadu