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Agniswarar Temple, Kanjanur

அக்னீஸ்வரர் திருக்கோயில், கஞ்சனூர்

Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu

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Agniswarar Temple, Kanjanur
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Kanjanur Agniswarar Temple is the Navagraha shrine associated with Venus (Sukra). Rebuilt in stone by Vijayalaya Chola and expanded by Rajaraja Chola I, it is renowned for its five-tiered Rajagopuram and unique Lingam without a separate Sukra idol (as Shiva himself represents Sukra here).