Aiyanar of Pudukottai

A Pudukkottai regional instantiation of Aiyaṉār — the central kāval deivam of the Tamil countryside. The Pudukkottai Aiyaṉār temples are known for their extraordinary terracotta horse tradition — thousands of horses offered in a single shrine. Pudukkottai's Aiyaṉār temples (especially at Vanjur, Melakonda, and Pudur) host the most extraordinary accumulations of terracotta horse offerings in the world — reaching into the tens of thousands at larger shrines. The horses are commissioned by devo