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- ↑ Peraiyur Temple
- ↑ "Sri Naganathar Temple". Sri Naganathar Temple (in Tamil). Retrieved 2019-10-30.
- 1 2 அருள்மிகு நாகநாதர் திருக்கோயில், தினமலர் கோயில்கள்
- 1 2 V.Ganapathy, Temple with special significance, The Hindu, 3 March 2000
- ↑ பேரையூர் நாகநாதர் கோவிலில் தேரோட்டம், தினமணி, 14 ஏப்ரல் 2013