Kailasanathar Temple
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Kailasanathar Temple is the name of several famous megalith rock cut kovils (Hindu temples) in Tamil Nadu, India dedicated to the deity Shiva in the form Kailasanathar, whose primary abode is Mount Kailash from which the temples take their names and inspiration.
Kailasanathar Temple may refer to:
- Kailasanathar Temple, Brahmadesam
- Kailasanathar Temple, Ezhur
- Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram
- Kailasanathar Temple, Melakaveri
- Kailasanathar Temple, Nedungudi
- Kailasanathar Temple, Thandankorai
- Kailasanathar Temple, Tirumetrazhigai
- Kailasanathar Temple, Thingalur, a Chola temple and a Paadal Petra Sthalam in Thingalur; one of the Navagraha temples in Tamil Nadu
- Kailasanathar Temple, Sivappalli, a Hindu temple in Nagapattinam district
- Kailasanathar Temple, Srivaikuntam, a temple in Srivaikuntam
- Kailasanathar Temple, Udayalur
- Kailasanathar Temple, Uthiramerur, Pallava rock-cut Shiva temple in Uthiramerur, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu
See also
[edit]- Kailasa Temple, Ellora, Rastrakuta-Pallava rock cut black granite megalithic Shiva temple of the Ellora Caves, near Aurangabad in Maharashtra, India
- Koneswaram Temple, Chola-Pallava-Pandya rock cut black granite megalithic Shiva temple of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka; also known from medieval period as Thirukonamalai Konesar Kovil and Dakshina Kailasam