Peruncheri Buddha Temple , Nagapattinam

Address

Peruncheri Buddha Temple Peruncheri Rd, Mayiladuthurai Taluk, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu 609404

Diety

Buddha

Introduction

In the Mayiladuthurai Taluk of Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, there is a remote village named Peruncheri to the South of Arivalur. An ancient Buddha Temple is hosted in an old shrine in this village. The statue is about 5’7” in height and is from the 8th to 10th Century CE. It was rediscovered around a century back and then installed in the present shrine. This Buddha shrine is near the Vakishvarar Temple in Peruncheri. The word Arivalur means ‘the place of people with wisdom’. Arivor (people of wisdom) was an epithet used in Tamil Nadu for the Buddhist sangha. This area was part of the Chola Kingdom. The temple surrounded by a big baniyan tree and its ruins.