Punnainallur Kailasanathar Temple

The Punnainallur Kailasanathar Temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located at Punnainallur near Thanjavur in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

They are maintained and administered by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu.

In front of the sanctum sanctorum balipeetam, nandhi, sculptures of Sambandar, Appar, Sundarar and Manikkavacakar are found.

In the prakara Ganapathi, Ayyappan, Karthikeya with Valli and Deivanai, Gajalakshmi, Anjaneya Navagrahas, Sani, Bhairava, Surya and Chandra and in the kosta of the presiding deity Ganapathi, Dakshinamurti, Lingodbhava, Brahma and Durga are found.

A volunteer-collective India Pride Project with support of ASI, New Delhi has traced the idol to Asia Society Museum, New York in the United States and was able get the idol repatriated in 2021.