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Avinashiappar Temple

Avinashi, Tiruppur district, Tamil Nadu, India

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Also known as: Avinashi Lingeswarar Temple · Tiruppukkozhiyur Temple

Deities
Avinashiappar / Avinashilingeshwarar (Shiva)
Traditions
shaiva
Worship status
active
Coordinates
11.173, 77.2686
Darshan hours
Varies by season and festival calendar; consult the temple's own trust/devasthanam for the current daily schedule before visiting.
Best time to visit
The Brahmotsavam during the Tamil month of Chittirai (April/May), featuring the temple's large wooden processional chariot, is the principal annual festival.
How to reach
Avinashi, in Tiruppur district, is well connected by road to Coimbatore, Tiruppur, and Erode; Tiruppur is the nearest major railway station.
Festivals
Brahmotsavam (Chittirai) (April/May)
Associated saints
Sundarar (Nayanar)

Location

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The Avinashiappar Temple, in the town of Avinashi in Tiruppur district, is counted among the seven Paadal Petra Sthalams of the Kongu Nadu region per Wikipedia’s regional enumeration of the canon, making it this directory’s representative of a part of Tamil Nadu with comparatively thin English-language temple documentation. Shiva is worshipped here as Avinashiappar, “the indestructible one,” also known as Avinashilingeshwarar; the temple and town are also referred to by the older names Tiruppukkozhiyur and, in inscriptions, “Dakshina Varanasi” (the Varanasi of the South). Construction is attributed to the Pandya king Sundarapandiya, and the site carries an associated tradition connecting it to the Nayanar saint Sundaramoorthy (Sundarar).

The temple is a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India, and is also cited in the Tirumantiram of Tirumular, the Tiruppugazh of Arunagirinathar, and Manikkavasakar’s Tiruvasakam — though this entry notes, rather than asserts as certain, its specific Tevaram authorship, since the temple’s own Wikipedia article does not itself name a Tevaram verse or author. Its best-known living tradition is the annual Chittirai Brahmotsavam, when a wooden processional chariot — reckoned the second-largest in India after Tiruvarur’s — is hauled through the town; the chariot procession was historically observed over ten days and is now typically held over two. The temple calendar also includes an Arubathi Moovar (63 Nayanmaars) Ula procession honouring the Nayanar saints.

Sources

  • scripture: Tevaram — Cited in Wikipedia's Paadal Petra Sthalam article as one of the seven Shivastalams of Kongu Nadu; this entry follows that regional classification, with the temple's own Wikipedia article additionally noting veneration in Tirumular's Tirumantiram, Arunagirinathar's Tiruppugazh, and Manikkavasakar's Tiruvasakam.
  • historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's Avinashi article: confirms the temple's alternate names Tiruppukkozhiyur and Avinashilingeshwarar; construction attributed to the Pandya king Sundarapandiya; inscriptional references to the site as 'Dakshina Varanasi'; a connection to the Nayanar saint Sundaramoorthy; the temple's status as an Archaeological Survey of India-protected monument; and the annual Chittirai Brahmotsavam, during which the temple's wooden processional chariot -- described as the second-largest in India after the one at Tiruvarur -- is drawn through the town.
  • historical record: Re-verification pass (2026): re-checked Wikipedia's Avinashi article and its separate Paadal Petra Sthalam article. The latter lists Avinaasi as one of seven Kongu Nadu Shivastalams (alongside Thirumuruganpoondi, Thirunana, Kodimadachenkunoor, Venchamaakoodal, Paandikkodumudi, and Karuvoor Aanilai) but, like the temple's own article, does not name a specific Tevaram verse or Nayanar author for this site -- the flagged uncertainty remains unresolved. The Avinashi article additionally notes the temple chariot festival was historically a ten-day observance (now shortened to two days) and separately mentions an Arubathi Moovar (63 Nayanmaars) Ula procession among the temple's festivals.

For review

  • This temple's own Wikipedia article documents veneration in the Tirumantiram, Tiruppugazh, and Tiruvasakam, but does not itself state Tevaram authorship by name. Its inclusion here as a Paadal Petra Sthalam rests on Wikipedia's separate Paadal Petra Sthalam article, which lists Avinaasi among the seven Kongu Nadu shrines of that canon; a reader wanting the specific Tevaram verse and its author should treat this as flagged for further confirmation.