A large temple in the flat country between Kottar and the Cape, holding Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma in a single sanctum, on the frontier where Kerala practice meets Tamil practice (board).
Wikipedia (Venad) records Pandya inscriptions of Maravarman Sri Vallabha (1139 to 1169) at Suchindram, and the campaign board says both Venad and the Pandyas endow it in 1200. The Wikipedia page for Suchindram gives no history before 1300.
Who holds it
- Title
- Temple trustees and priests
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No head or trustee is named in a source we read.
Overlord
Venad and the Pandya, both claim and endow it (board)
How things stand that morning
A rich shrine on contested ground; both Venad and the Pandya give to it (board).
Wealth
Endowments from both kings; no figure.
Places of note
- Suchindram temple: Thanumalayan temple, Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma in one sanctum (board)
Where the sources disagree
- Board: much of what stands here is later Pandya and Nayaka building, so the temple of 1200 is a smaller building.
- Board 'suchindram-thanumalayan' puts it under the Kerala kings; the ground is in modern Tamil Nadu, which the regional brief gives to sit, but sit's sheet leaves Nanjinad to this one.
Evidence: One line of Wikipedia (Venad) and one board note; the Suchindram page gives nothing for 1200.
Sources and studies
- Suchindram, Wikipedia (read for this sheet)
- Venad, Wikipedia (read for this sheet)
- OMNIA board notes for the place (a lead, checked against the other sources)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.