Arulmigu Perur Patteshwarar Thirukoil - Perur History
Kovai was once ruled by the Irula chieftains and was known by the name Kovan patti (a part of the Kongu region); Coimbatore, christened by the British was once known as Kovanputtur.
In the first century CE, this area was ruled by local chieftains; artifacts from trade carried out by these people with the Romans of that period are housed in local museums in the area.
It is believed that the Chola monarch Karikaal Cholan built the sanctum of this temple in around 500 CE, housing the Shivalingam which is the center of worship today. This temple was visited by the Saivite saint Sundarar in the 9th century (although there is no existing set of 10 hymns or patikam discovered yet). The Cholas of the 10th and 11th centuries made further additions to this temple. In this period, the Cholas also built the Sangameswara temple in the heart of Coimbatore.
Inscriptions from around the 13th century CE testify to the contributions made by the Chera rulers to this temple during that time.
This temple was patronized later by the Hoysalas of Karnataka and by the Vijayanagar rulers; it was during the time of the Vijayanagar patronage that a number of people speaking Telugu and Kannada migrated to the Coimbatore area. It was in the 17th century CE that the ruler Alagadri Nayaka of Madurai built the Kanakasabha mandapam with exquisite sculptural work.
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