A Siva temple associated with a game of chess

Chithra Madhavan · The New Indian Express (2 Dec 2024)

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Journalistic account of the Thirupoovanur (Poovanur) Chaturanga Vallabhanathar temple and its sthala-purāṇam chess legend. Cited explicitly as devotional legend / local tradition, not documentary history of chess's invention.

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