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href="/wiki/Sports_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="Sports in Tamil Nadu">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu" class="mw-redirect" title="List of temples in Tamil Nadu">Temples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="Tourism in Tamil Nadu">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="Transport in Tamil Nadu">Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Tamil_Nadu" title="Wildlife of Tamil Nadu">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Life_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="Template:Life in Tamil Nadu"><abbr title="View this 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href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">states of India</a>. Tamil Nadu is home to more than 400,000 <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu</a> temples and is aptly called <b>"the land of temples"</b> by the media. Many are at least 800 years old and are found scattered all over the state. The rulers of various dynasties constructed these temples over centuries. <a href="/wiki/Vimana_(architectural_feature)" title="Vimana (architectural feature)">Vimanas</a> (storeys) and <a href="/wiki/Gopuram" title="Gopuram">Gopuram</a> (towering gateways to the temple complex) best characterize the temples of Tamil Nadu.<sup id="cite_ref-bharatonline.com_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bharatonline.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As per the Tamil Nadu Hindu Endowments Board, there are 390,615 temples. Most of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_Hindu_temples" title="List of largest Hindu temples">largest Hindu temples</a> reside here.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Studded with complex architecture, variety of sculptures, and rich inscriptions, the temples remain the very essence of the culture and heritage of <a href="/wiki/Tamils" title="Tamils">Tamil</a> land,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with historical records dating back to at least 3,000 years. Temples are not only considered as a place for spirituality but also shows the way of living, art, culture, knowledge, and sacrifice of people's life to protect the temples from invaders.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Many temples contain inscriptions which explain the democratic rule of Kings also which inspired the current voting system of India. The <a href="/wiki/Vaikunda_Perumal_Temple,_Uthiramerur" title="Vaikunda Perumal Temple, Uthiramerur">Vaikunda Perumal Temple, Uthiramerur</a> in Uthiramerur, a village in the South Indian state of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, is dedicated to the Hindu God <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Maha Vishnu</a>. The inscriptions of the temple indicate that the villagers requested the rulers to allow them to choose their representatives. <a href="/wiki/Parantaka_I" title="Parantaka I">Parantaka Chola</a> readily acceded to their demand and instituted the <b>Kudavolai system</b> (ballot) of democratically electing the village representatives. The eligibility of the candidates was prescribed with minimum age, educational qualifications of the <a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a> and property. There were strictures for the candidates should have built their house on their own property, should not be part of any other committee and be between 35 and 70 years of age. The voters had the right to call back their candidate for failing their duties. The inscriptions also specified strict punishments. The institution was dismembered along with the ending of the Chola regime during the 13th century. <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a>, the then <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a> was inspired by the system after paying a visit to the temple and insisted on improving <a href="/wiki/Panchayat_Raj" class="mw-redirect" title="Panchayat Raj">Panchayat Raj</a>, India's system of local bodies in villages.<sup id="cite_ref-business_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-business-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tnone center"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:294px;max-width:294px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:292px;max-width:292px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thanjavur,_Brihadishwara_Temple_(7013915633).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Thanjavur%2C_Brihadishwara_Temple_%287013915633%29.jpg/290px-Thanjavur%2C_Brihadishwara_Temple_%287013915633%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="435" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Thanjavur%2C_Brihadishwara_Temple_%287013915633%29.jpg/435px-Thanjavur%2C_Brihadishwara_Temple_%287013915633%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Thanjavur%2C_Brihadishwara_Temple_%287013915633%29.jpg/580px-Thanjavur%2C_Brihadishwara_Temple_%287013915633%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4272" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">Rajarajeswaram, also known as <a href="/wiki/Brihadeshwara_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Brihadeshwara temple">Brihadeshwara temple</a> built by <a href="/wiki/Chola" class="mw-redirect" title="Chola">Chola</a> emperor <a href="/wiki/Rajaraja" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajaraja">Rajaraja-I</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tanjore" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanjore">Thanjavur</a> dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Lord_Shiva" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Shiva">Lord Shiva</a>.</div></div></div></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ranganathaswamy_Temple,_Srirangam" title="Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam">Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple</a> dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Maha Vishnu</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Srirangam" title="Srirangam">Srirangam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> has the largest temple compound in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and one of the largest religious complexes in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-unescosrirang_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unescosrirang-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMittalThursby2005456_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMittalThursby2005456-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of these structures have been renovated, expanded and rebuilt over the centuries as a living temple. The latest addition is the outer tower that is approximately 73 metres (240 ft) tall, completed in 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMittalThursby2005457_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMittalThursby2005457-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><a href="/wiki/Ranganathaswamy_Temple,_Srirangam" title="Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam">Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple</a> is often listed as the largest functioning <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a> in the world, even though <a href="/wiki/Angkor_Wat" title="Angkor Wat">Angkor Wat</a> which is still larger being the largest existing temple as it is not in use.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVater201040_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVater201040-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJones20044_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJones20044-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The temple is an active Hindu house of worship and follows the <a href="/wiki/Thenkalai" class="mw-redirect" title="Thenkalai">Tenkalai</a> tradition of <a href="/wiki/Sri_Vaishnavism" title="Sri Vaishnavism">Sri Vaishnavism</a>. The temple is one of the oldest temples in the world, which consists of inscriptions dating around 100 BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESircar197964_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESircar197964-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hence, "making it one of the oldest surviving active temple complexes in the world".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Deity finds a mention in the great <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> epic <i><a href="/wiki/Ramayana" title="Ramayana">Ramayana</a></i> and hence is dated around <b>800</b> to <b>400</b> BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is said to be worshipped by the ancestors of <a href="/wiki/Rama" title="Rama">Rama</a>. The temple finds mention in the <a href="/wiki/Sangam_literature" title="Sangam literature">Sangam literature</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> like the epic <i><a href="/wiki/Silappatikaram" class="mw-redirect" title="Silappatikaram">Silapadikaram</a></i> (book 11, lines 35–40):<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and <a href="/wiki/Akana%E1%B9%89%C5%AB%E1%B9%9Fu" title="Akanaṉūṟu">Akanaṉūṟu</a>. The annual 21-day festival conducted during the Tamil month of <i>Margali</i> (December–January) attracts 1 million visitors. The temple complex has been nominated as a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_World_Heritage_Sites_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a>, and is in UNESCO's tentative list.<sup id="cite_ref-unescosrirang_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unescosrirang-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other temples like <a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a> <a href="/wiki/Kallalagar_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Kallalagar temple">Kallalagar temple</a> which has high ‘<a href="/wiki/Gopuram" title="Gopuram">Gopuram</a>’ towers ornamented with colourful figures, and the <a href="/wiki/Meenakshi_Temple" title="Meenakshi Temple">Meenakshi Temple</a> with high colourful towers and great long halls are notable. On <a href="/wiki/Pamban_Island" title="Pamban Island">Pamban Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramanathaswamy_Temple" title="Ramanathaswamy Temple">Ramanathaswamy Temple</a> is a pilgrimage site. The town of <a href="/wiki/Kanyakumari" title="Kanyakumari">Kanyakumari</a>, at India's southernmost tip, is the site of ritual sunrises.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state also abounds with <a href="/wiki/Temple_tank" title="Temple tank">temple tanks</a>. The state has 2,359 temple tanks located in 1,586 temples. The government has identified 1,068 tanks for renovation.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People from all over the world visit the Temples of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> and it is the major Tourist attraction in India. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This is a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Lists#Dynamic_lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists">dynamic list</a> and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="Special:EditPage/List of Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu">adding missing items</a> with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>.</div> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temples_of_Ganesha">Temples of Ganesha</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Temples of Ganesha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" border="0" bgcolor="white"> <tbody><tr> <th>S.No </th> <th>Name of Temple </th> <th>Name of Deity </th> <th>Location (Travel Base) </th> <th>Built around </th> <th>Notes/Beliefs </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karpaka_Vinayakar_Temple" title="Karpaka Vinayakar Temple">Karpaka Vinayakar Temple</a> </td> <td>Karpaka Vinayakar </td> <td>Pillayarpatti (<a href="/wiki/Karaikkudi" class="mw-redirect" title="Karaikkudi">Karaikkudi</a>) </td> <td>7th century CE <sup id="cite_ref-temples1961_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-temples1961-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>One of only two temples in the world that show Ganesha with two arms. The other is in Afghanistan.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-pillayarpatti_arms_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pillayarpatti_arms-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ucchi_Pillayar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Ucchi Pillayar Temple">Ucchi Pillayar Temple</a> </td> <td>Uchhi Pillayar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tiruchirappalli" title="Tiruchirappalli">Tiruchirappalli</a> </td> <td>700-900 CE<sup id="cite_ref-indiantemples_uchipillayar_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiantemples_uchipillayar-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Ganesha is shown with a small bump on his head, which was caused when <a href="/wiki/Vibhishana" title="Vibhishana">Vibhishana</a> knuckled him on his head.<sup id="cite_ref-chennaionline_uchipillayar_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chennaionline_uchipillayar-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manakula_Vinayagar_Temple" title="Manakula Vinayagar Temple">Manakula Vinayagar Temple</a> </td> <td>Manakula Vinayagar </td> <td>Pondicherry (<a href="/wiki/Pondicherry" title="Pondicherry">Puducherry</a>) </td> <td>1688 CE<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Named as Bhuvaneshar Ganapathy, now called as Manakula Vinayagar. In Tamil 'Manal' means sand and 'Kulam' means pond near the sea, meaning God near the pond of sand. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uchchhishta_Ganapathy_Temple" title="Uchchhishta Ganapathy Temple">Uchchhishta Ganapathy Temple</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uchchhishta_Ganapati" title="Uchchhishta Ganapati">Uchchhishta Ganapati</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli" title="Tirunelveli">Tirunelveli</a> </td> <td>1000 CE </td> <td>The only big ancient temple more than 1000 years ago for Uchishtta Ganapathy is situated in Manimoortheeswaram on the banks of River Thamirabarani in <a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli" title="Tirunelveli">Tirunelveli</a>, Tamil Nadu, India. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>5 </td> <td>Sri Poyyamozhi Vinayagar Temple </td> <td>Sri Poyyamozhi Swayambu Vinayagar </td> <td>Theevanur (NH 66 (Krishnagiri-Pondicherry National Highway), Tindivanam, Tamil Nadu) </td> <td>1100 CE<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Swayambu Vinayaka temple with a Ganesha that looks like Siva Lingam. Very Powerful deity that cures all diseases, gives boon for power and position </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meenakshi_Temple" title="Meenakshi Temple">Meenakshi Temple</a> </td> <td>Mukkuruni Vinayakar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a> </td> <td>1600 CE </td> <td>This popular Ganesha shrine is located inside the Madurai Meenakshi Temple. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>7 </td> <td>Adi vinayagar Temple </td> <td>Adi vinayagar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Koothanur" title="Koothanur">Poonthottam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Thiruvarur" title="Thiruvarur">Thiruvarur</a>) </td> <td>700 CE </td> <td>The name Thilatharpanapuri comes from two words thil meaning Gingely and tharpana is the Hindu ritual of performing pithru karmas (ritual of paying tribute to ancestors) to one's ancestors. It is also known as Sethalapathy. <p>There are 7 sthalams for performing these rituals viz. Kasi, Rameswaram, Srivanchiyam, Thiruvenkadu, Gaya, Triveni Sangamam & Thilatharpanapuri. </p> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>8 </td> <td>Abhishtavaradha Ganapathi Temple </td> <td>Abhishtavaradha Ganapathi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruvaiyaru" title="Thiruvaiyaru">Thiruvaiyaru</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tanjavur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanjavur">Tanjavur</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Agastya" title="Agastya">Agastya</a> attained his dwarf form at this abode.<sup id="cite_ref-hindu_agasthiyar_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu_agasthiyar-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>9 </td> <td>Naramuga Vinayakar Temple </td> <td>Naramuga Vinayakar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chidambaram" title="Chidambaram">Chidambaram</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cuddalore" title="Cuddalore">Cuddalore</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>The Ganesha idol is human-faced in this temple.<sup id="cite_ref-chennaionline_naramuga_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chennaionline_naramuga-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>10 </td> <td>Ganapatheeswarar Temple </td> <td>Vatapi Ganapathi </td> <td>Tiruchenkattankudi (<a href="/wiki/Tanjavur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanjavur">Tanjavur</a>) </td> <td>700 CE </td> <td>The Ganesha idol was brought here from <a href="/wiki/Vatapi" class="mw-redirect" title="Vatapi">Vatapi</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Pallavas" class="mw-redirect" title="Pallavas">Pallavas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kabartheeswarar_Temple" title="Kabartheeswarar Temple">Khabartheesar Karpaga Nathar Temple</a> </td> <td>Sweta Vinayakar </td> <td>Tiruvalanchuzhi (<a href="/wiki/Tanjavur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanjavur">Tanjavur</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>The deity represents the white image of Ganesha that was formed when the Devas churned the <a href="/wiki/Kshir_Sagar" class="mw-redirect" title="Kshir Sagar">holy milky ocean</a> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eachanari_Vinayagar_Temple" title="Eachanari Vinayagar Temple">Eachanari Vinayagar Temple</a> </td> <td>Ganesan </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eachanari" title="Eachanari">Eachanari</a> (<a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a>) </td> <td>1500 CE </td> <td>The deity was brought here from <a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Nayak_caste" class="mw-redirect" title="Nayak caste">Nayaks</a>, originally meant for <a href="/wiki/Perur_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Perur Temple">Perur Temple</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eachanari_Vinayagar_Temple_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eachanari_Vinayagar_Temple-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>13 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arulmigu_Munthi_Vinayagar_Temple" title="Arulmigu Munthi Vinayagar Temple">Puliakulam Vinayakar Temple</a> </td> <td>Munthi Vinayakar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Puliakulam" title="Puliakulam">Puliakulam</a> (<a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a>) </td> <td>1993 CE </td> <td>The idol of the chief deity here is supposed to be one of the largest in <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eachanari_Vinayagar_Temple_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eachanari_Vinayagar_Temple-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>14 </td> <td>Sree Vigneswarar Temple </td> <td>Sree Vigneswar </td> <td>Mela Kolappadi-Andimadam (<a href="/wiki/Ariyalur_district" title="Ariyalur district">Ariyalur district</a>) </td> <td>1997 CE </td> <td>The idol of the chief deity here is supposed to be one of the largest in <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Eachanari_Vinayagar_Temple_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Eachanari_Vinayagar_Temple-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>15 </td> <td>Periya Uchipillaiyar Temple </td> <td>Uchhi Pillayar </td> <td>Periya Uchipillaiyar Temple (<a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a>) </td> <td>1000 CE </td> <td>The temple is in the city centre of <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a>. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>16 </td> <td>Sri Maha Ganapathi Temple </td> <td>Ganapathi Agraharam </td> <td>Sri Maha Ganapathi Temple near <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a> </td> <td>1000 years </td> <td>The temple is 25 km from <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a> on Thiruvaiyaru bus route. The Vinayagar was actually installed at this temple by Agasthiyar (Ancient Hindu priest) more than 1000 years ago. He had done this with a holy intention of <p>protecting the globe against of massive starvation. The Ganapathi idol has its own look, where this cannot be seen anywhere else. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td>Arulmigu Prasanna Vinayagar Temple </td> <td>Sri Prasanna Vinayagar </td> <td>Arulmigu Prasanna Vinayagar Temple, Ganapathy Pudur <a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a> </td> <td>1937 CE </td> <td>The temple kumababishekam held on 1937 ganapathypudur in Coimbatore district Website:<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://temple.dinamalar.com/New.php?id=2187">https://temple.dinamalar.com/New.php?id=2187</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td>Jambhulinga Vinayagar Temple </td> <td>Sri Jambhulinga Vinayagar </td> <td>Jambhulinga Vinayagar Temple, Thathankuppam, Chennai </td> <td>1940 CE </td> <td>The temple is known for a court case in which a statue responded to identify among the many were stolen </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td>Panchamuga Vinayagar Temple </td> <td>Sri Panchamuga Vinayagar </td> <td>Panchamuga Vinayagar Temple, Paramathi Velur <a href="/wiki/Namakkal" title="Namakkal">Namakkal</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>The temple where you will find 4 sides of face and on top of that one face of Vinayagar </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temples_of_Murugan">Temples of Murugan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Temples of Murugan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Arupadai_Veedu">The Arupadai Veedu</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Arupadai Veedu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background: gold">S.No </th> <th style="background: gold">Name of Temple </th> <th style="background: gold">Name of Deity </th> <th style="background: gold">Location (Travel Base) </th> <th style="background: gold">Built around </th> <th style="background: gold">Notes/Beliefs </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ffc">1 </th> <th style="background: #ffc"><a href="/wiki/Palani_Murugan_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Palani Murugan Temple">Tiruavinankudi Temple</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background: #ffc">Dandayudhapani Swami </th> <th style="background: #ffc"><a href="/wiki/Pazhani" class="mw-redirect" title="Pazhani">Pazhani</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Dindigul" title="Dindigul">Dindigul</a>) </th> <th style="background: #ffc">- </th> <th style="background: #ffc">This temple is the third among the six Holy Abodes.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Murugan idol was made by <a href="/wiki/Bogar" title="Bogar">Bogar</a> from an <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Amalgamation" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:Amalgamation">amalgam</a> of nine toxic substances (Navabaashaanam)<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ffc">2 </th> <th style="background: #ffc"><a href="/wiki/Swamimalai_Murugan_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Swamimalai Murugan Temple">Swamimalai Murugan Temple</a> </th> <th style="background: #ffc">Swaminatha Swamy </th> <th style="background: #ffc"><a href="/wiki/Swamimalai" title="Swamimalai">Swamimalai</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Thanjavur" title="Thanjavur">Thanjavur</a>) </th> <th style="background: #ffc">- </th> <th style="background: #ffc">This temple is the second among the six Holy Abodes. Murugan explained the meaning of <a href="/wiki/Om" title="Om">Omkaram</a> to his father <a href="/wiki/Lord_Siva" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Siva">Shiva</a> here.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ffc">3 </th> <th style="background: #ffc"><a href="/wiki/Thiruchendur_Murugan_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruchendur Murugan Temple">Sri Subramanya Swami Temple</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background: #ffc">Senthil Andavar </th> <th style="background: #ffc"><a href="/wiki/Tiruchendur" title="Tiruchendur">Tiruchendur</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Tuticorin" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuticorin">Tuticorin</a>) </th> <th style="background: #ffc">100 CE<br /><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th style="background: #ffc">This is the first among the six Holy Abodes and the only seashore Murugan temple. It is here that Surasamharam takes place, as this temple was Murugan's battle camp against the <a href="/wiki/Asura" title="Asura">asura</a> Surapadman who was being hosted at Vira Mahendram, a mid-ocean <a href="/wiki/Fortress" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortress">fortress</a>. </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ffc">4 </th> <th style="background: #ffc"><a href="/wiki/Tirupparankunram_Murugan_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirupparankunram Murugan Temple">Tirupparankunram Murugan Temple</a> </th> <th style="background: #ffc">Subramanya Swami </th> <th style="background: #ffc"><a href="/wiki/Tirupparankunram" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirupparankunram">Tirupparankunram</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a>) </th> <th style="background: #ffc">- </th> <th style="background: #ffc">Murugan married <a href="/wiki/Deivanai" class="mw-redirect" title="Deivanai">Deivanai</a> at this abode, also is the fourth among the <a href="/wiki/Six_Holy_Abodes_of_Murugan" class="mw-redirect" title="Six Holy Abodes of Murugan">Six Holy Abodes of Murugan</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ffc">5 </th> <th style="background: #ffc"><a href="/wiki/Thiruthani_Murugan_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Thiruthani Murugan Temple">Tiruttanikai Murugan Temple</a> </th> <th style="background: #ffc">Tanikesan </th> <th style="background: #ffc"><a href="/wiki/Tiruttani" title="Tiruttani">Tiruttani</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Tiruvallur" title="Tiruvallur">Tiruvallur</a>) </th> <th style="background: #ffc">- </th> <th style="background: #ffc">Murugan married Valli at this abode. This temple is the fifth among the six Holy Abodes. Murugan imparted the knowledge of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> to <a href="/wiki/Agastya" title="Agastya">Sage Agathiyar</a> here<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background: #ffc">6 </th> <th style="background: #ffc"><a href="/wiki/Pazhamudircholai" class="mw-redirect" title="Pazhamudircholai">Pazhamudhircholai Temple</a> </th> <th style="background: #ffc">Malaikkizhavon </th> <th style="background: #ffc">Pazhamudhircholai<br />(<a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a>) </th> <th style="background: #ffc">- </th> <th style="background: #ffc">This temple is the last one of the six Holy Abodes. Murugan tested <a href="/wiki/Avvaiyar_(Sangam_poet)" title="Avvaiyar (Sangam poet)">Avvaiyar</a>'s knowledge under a tree here<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_major_Murugan_temples">Other major <a href="/wiki/Murugan" class="mw-redirect" title="Murugan">Murugan</a> temples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other major Murugan temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Six_Abodes_of_Lord_Muruga" class="mw-redirect" title="Six Abodes of Lord Muruga">Six Abodes of Murugan</a>, the six sacred mountains of Tamil Nadu.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" border="0" bgcolor="white"> <tbody><tr> <th>S.No </th> <th>Name of Temple </th> <th>Name of Deity </th> <th>Location (Travel Base) </th> <th>Built around </th> <th>Notes/Beliefs </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kuzhanthai_Velappar_temple" title="Kuzhanthai Velappar temple">Kuzhanthai Velappar Temple</a> </td> <td>Murugan </td> <td>Poombarai (<a href="/wiki/Kodaikanal" title="Kodaikanal">Kodaikanal</a>) </td> <td>1000 CE<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>The Kuzhanthai Velappar Temple (Kulandai Velayudha Swami Tirukkovil)[6] has three thousand years of history and was consecrated by Bhogar. The idol is made of Navaphasanam(Dasabashanam) . As per inscriptions in the temple which temple has built by king of Chera dynasty during 10/12 Century.There is a song-poem(Poombarai Velan) by Aruna giri nathar who lived during the 15th century<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikkal_Singaravelan_Temple" title="Sikkal Singaravelan Temple">Sri Navaneethaswara Swamy Temple</a> </td> <td>Singaravelavar </td> <td>Sikkal (<a href="/wiki/Tanjavur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanjavur">Tanjavur</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>Murugan received his weapon, the Velayudham, from his mother <a href="/wiki/Parvathi" class="mw-redirect" title="Parvathi">Parvathi</a> and used it to perform the Surasamharam at Tiruchendur.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marudhamalai_(temple)" class="mw-redirect" title="Marudhamalai (temple)">Marudamalai Subramanya Swamy Temple</a> </td> <td>Dandayudhapani Swamy </td> <td>Marudamalai (<a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a>) </td> <td>1200 CE<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>It's here that The Devas approach Murugan to seek his help in destroying Surapadman. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kumarakottam_Temple" title="Kumarakottam Temple">Kumarakkottam Subramanya Swamy Temple</a> </td> <td>Brahmasaastha<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Kumarakkottam (<a href="/wiki/Kanchipuram" title="Kanchipuram">Kanchipuram</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>Kachiappa Sivachariar wrote the sacred Kanda Puraanam at this temple. Also, Murugan assumed the role of the Creator here, after imprisoning Brahma for his ignorance of the meaning of the Pranava manthiram.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valliyur_Subramanya_Swamy_Temple" title="Valliyur Subramanya Swamy Temple">Valliyur Subramanya Swamy Temple</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Aanantha Kalyana Subramanyar<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thirumalai kovil, shencottai </td> <td>Valliyur (<a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli" title="Tirunelveli">Tirunelveli</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>The Subramanyar Temple at Valliyur in Tirunelveli District is a rock-cut sanctum carved out of a hill. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Saravanappoigai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Saravanappoigai (page does not exist)">Saravanappoigai</a> in this temple was created by Murugan at the request of Valli, his consort.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vallakottai_Subramaniyaswami_temple" title="Vallakottai Subramaniyaswami temple">Vallakkottai Murugan Temple</a> </td> <td>Kodaiyandavar<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Vallakkottai (<a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>The Murugan idol in this temple is the tallest in Tamil Nadu, at 7 ft.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thiruporur_Kandaswamy_temple" title="Thiruporur Kandaswamy temple">Kandaswamy Temple</a> </td> <td>Kandaswamy </td> <td>Tirupporur (<a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>) </td> <td>1000 CE<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>After killing Surapadman at Tiruchendur, Murugan killed the rest of the asuras here, at Tirupporur (literally, 'place of the sacred war') </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>7a </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vayalur_Murugan_Temple" title="Vayalur Murugan Temple">Sri Subramaniya Swamy Temple</a> </td> <td>Kumara Vayalur </td> <td>Tiruchirappalli </td> <td>1200 years </td> <td>Muruga blessed the saint-poet Arunagiri Nāthar at Vayalur by writing OM in his tongue and initiated him to compose Tiruppugal. Arunagirināthar wrote 18 verses (910-927) on Vayalur in the Tiruppukal. Nataraja is in the Sadura Danda pose in this Temple. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>8 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Viralimalai_Murugan_temple" title="Viralimalai Murugan temple">Shanmuganathan Temple</a> </td> <td>Aarumaga Swamy </td> <td>Viralimalai (<a href="/wiki/Tiruchirappalli" title="Tiruchirappalli">Tiruchirappalli</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>Sage Vasishtar and his wife Arundhathi pray Murugan here to ward off their curses. The temple is also known for its peacocks.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>9 </td> <td>Mayilam Murugan Temple </td> <td>Aarumaga Swamy.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Mayilam (<a href="/wiki/Villupuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Villupuram">Villupuram</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>At the end of Surasamharam, one half of Surapadman assumed the form of the peacock here.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>10 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vadapalani_Andavar_Temple" title="Vadapalani Andavar Temple">Pazhani Aandavar Temple</a> </td> <td>Pazhani Andavar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vadapalani,_Chennai" class="mw-redirect" title="Vadapalani, Chennai">Vadapalani, Chennai</a> </td> <td>1875 CE<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>One of the temples built in the modern era, this temple had extensive patronage from the renowned devotee of Murugan <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arulmigu_Kribanandha_Variyar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arulmigu Kribanandha Variyar (page does not exist)">Arulmigu Kribanandha Variyar</a>.. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>11 </td> <td>Sri Vetri Velayudhaswami Temple </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kaithamalai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kaithamalai (page does not exist)">Kaithamalai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uthukuli" title="Uthukuli">Uttukuli</a> </td> <td>Not Known but Reconstructed in 1999<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Vetri Velyadhaswami appeared in front the great Tamil saint Agastiyar and helped him to perform his pooja <a href="/wiki/Agastiyar" class="mw-redirect" title="Agastiyar">Agastiyar</a>. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>12 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thindal_Murugan_Temple" title="Thindal Murugan Temple">Thindal Murugan Temple</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thindal" class="mw-redirect" title="Thindal">Thindalmalai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Erode" title="Erode">Erode</a> </td> <td>- </td> <td>Velyadhaswami temple is a model of Birla Mandir, with Golden Temple Car. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>13 </td> <td>Arulmigu Subramanyaswamy Thirukovil </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sivanmalai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sivanmalai (page does not exist)">Sivanmalai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kangeyam" title="Kangeyam">Kangayam</a>, </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tirupur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirupur">Tirupur</a> </td> <td>- </td> <td>One of the well known myths associated with Siva is his conquest of Tripuram – the three celestial cities which the Asuras (demons) had taken over, and wreaked havoc over them. The Devas (celestial gods) appealed to Siva for help and asked him to save them from the demons. Siva made mount Meru his bow, and Vasuki the serpent his bow-string and prepared to wage war against the Asuras. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pachaimalai_Subramanya_Swamy_Temple" title="Pachaimalai Subramanya Swamy Temple">Arulmigu Balamurugan Temple</a> </td> <td>Pachaimalai </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gobichettipalayam" title="Gobichettipalayam">Gobichettipalayam</a> </td> <td>- </td> <td>One of the two hill temples for Murugan in Gobi, the other one being Pavazhamalai which is only 2 km away from Pachaimalai. Though this temple is very old, the structure has been built starting 1967. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>15 </td> <td>Muthu Kumaraswamy Temple </td> <td>Pavalamalai </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gobichettipalayam" title="Gobichettipalayam">Gobichettipalayam</a> </td> <td>- </td> <td>The second hill temple for Murugan in Gobi. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>16 </td> <td>Siragiri Dandayudhapani </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chennimalai" title="Chennimalai">Chennimalai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Erode" title="Erode">Erode</a> </td> <td>- </td> <td>This hill is also called Sigaragiri, Pushpagiri and Siragiri and is located between Kangeyam and Perundurai. It is one of the better known temples of Murugan in Coimbatore district where Arunagirinathar was blessed with "Padikasu", wealth of coins. This is where a miracle took place in the year 1984 on 12 February. On that eventful day two bullocks of their own accord pulled a bullock cart up the 1320 steps. Saravana Munivar wrote the most popular Chennimalai Sthalapuranam 700 years ago. Milk and curds are used as special offerings to Murugan in Chennimalai and it is the general belief that curds do not become sour here. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>17 </td> <td>Velayudhasamy Thirukoil </td> <td>Pugazhi malai </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a> </td> <td>2000CE </td> <td>The temple is located on a hillock. This place is called Aarunattar malai which is considered as one of the oldest Hill rock of the south. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>18 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Balasubramaniyaswamy_Temple" title="Balasubramaniyaswamy Temple">Balasubramaniya Murugan Temple</a> </td> <td>Vennai malai </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a> </td> <td>1800CE </td> <td>The temple was worshiped by Brahma and Kamadhenu. This ancient temple dedicated to Muruga has the distinction of being visited by the Saiva saint Arunagirinathar once. This hill temple enshrines the images of Murugan. </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ratnagiri_Murugan_Temple" title="Ratnagiri Murugan Temple">Arulmigu Balamurugan Temple</a> </td> <td>Rathnagiri </td> <td>Thirumanikundram, Vellore </td> <td>1500CE </td> <td>Rathinagiri Bala Murugan Temple was built around the 14th century. Over the passage of time an ordinary sand structure was converted into a stone shrine. <p>The 14th Century poet <b>Arunagirinathar'<i> has sung about this temple as </i>Rathinakiri Vazh Murukane Ilaya Vaaramarar Perumaley</b>, which means 'Murugan, the God of Devas resides in Rathinagiri' </p> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>20 </td> <td>Rajendra Chozheewarar Temple </td> <td>Balasubramaniyan </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Periyakulam" title="Periyakulam">Periyakulam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theni_district" title="Theni district">Theni</a> </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kolanjiappar_temple" title="Kolanjiappar temple">Sri Kolanjiappar Temple</a> </td> <td>Kolanjiappar </td> <td>Manavalanallur 2 km from Vriddhachalam </td> <td>1000 years old </td> <td>The benevolent Shiva so as to liberate the entire living being has incarnated himself in many holy Shrines in the so-called Middle Country. (Nadu Naadu). Vriddhachalam (means age old holy hill) is the best among such holy shrines. Two Mile west of this, there is a small village namely Manavalanallur. Where there is abundance of flowery trees bristling with humming of birds and insects. It is known as Manavalanallur because Murugan, the Manavalan (Eternal Bridegroom) has embodied himself here. In the words of Arunagirinathar. "He is the Manavalan residing in the monkeys inhabited hill" </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>22 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uthanda_Velayudhaswamy_temple,_Uthiyur" title="Uthanda Velayudhaswamy temple, Uthiyur">Uthanda Velayudhaswamy temple, Uthiyur</a> </td> <td>Velayudhasamy </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Uthiyur_Hills" title="Uthiyur Hills">Uthiyur Hills</a>, <p><a href="/wiki/Kangeyam_taluk" title="Kangeyam taluk">Kangeyam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiruppur_district" title="Tiruppur district">Tiruppur district</a> </p> </td> <td>9th century CE </td> <td>Uthanda Velayudhasamy Temple is the main shrine dedicated t<a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">urugan</a> after a flight of 100 steps in <a href="/wiki/Uthiyur" title="Uthiyur">Uthiyur hills</a> from the ground. It built in <a href="/wiki/Dravidian_architecture" title="Dravidian architecture">dravidian architecture</a> with a huge water-well as well and the little path with few rocky steps beside the temple lead to the base of a hillock and the steps ended there as well. In this shrine, <a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Velayudhaswamy</a> appears with his spear and <a href="/wiki/Peacock" class="mw-redirect" title="Peacock">Peacock</a>. There are many <a href="/wiki/Sculpture" title="Sculpture">sculptures</a> here and also some ancient era hero-stones.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Siruvapuri_Sri_Balasubrahmanyam_temple" title="Siruvapuri Sri Balasubrahmanyam temple">Balasubramaniyar Temple, Siruvaapuri</a> </td> <td>Balasubramaniyar </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chinnambedu,_Siruvaapuri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chinnambedu, Siruvaapuri (page does not exist)">Chinnambedu, Siruvaapuri</a>, <p><a href="/wiki/Tiruvallur_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiruvallur District">Tiruvallur</a> </p> </td> <td>14th century CE </td> <td>Siruvaapuri is connected to the epic Ramayanam and is the place where the sons' of Rama, Lava and Kusha lived. Since they fought with Rama here it is called "Siruvar Por Puri", which latter became "Siruvaapuri". However, the village is now called as Chinnambedu. Arunagirinathar the Tamil Saint of 14th century CE has visited this temple and has composed Tiruppukal songs on the Murugan in this temple. He is standing facing the deity. The special feature of this temple is the presence of emarald peacock. The village is located 40 km from Chennai and can be reached by a detour before reaching Puduvoyal near Kavarapettai, before Gummidipoondi in Chennai - Kolkatta NH. </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup id="cite_ref-tevaram_templenet_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tevaram_templenet-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temples_of_Vishnu">Temples of Vishnu</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Temples of Vishnu"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>கரிகிருஷ்ணா பெருமாள் கோவில் பொன்னேரி. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ranganathaswamy_Temple,_Srirangam" title="Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam">Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srivilliputhur_Andal_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Srivilliputhur Andal temple">Andal Temple, Srivilliputtur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narasimhaswamy_Temple,_Namakkal" title="Narasimhaswamy Temple, Namakkal">Namagiri Thayar Sametha Narasimhaswamy perumal temple, Namakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prasanna_Venkatachalapathy_Temple" title="Prasanna Venkatachalapathy Temple">Gunaseelam Prasana Venkatachalapathy Perumal Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakrapani_Temple,_Kumbakonam" class="mw-redirect" title="Chakrapani Temple, Kumbakonam">Chakrapani Temple, Kumbakonam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarangapani_temple,_Kumbakonam" class="mw-redirect" title="Sarangapani temple, Kumbakonam">Sarangapani temple, Kumbakonam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulagalantha_Perumal_Temple,_Kanchipuram" title="Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram">Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthasarathy_Temple,_Triplicane" class="mw-redirect" title="Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane">Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhu_Varaha_Swamy_temple" title="Bhu Varaha Swamy temple">Bhu Varaha Swamy temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adi_Srinivasa_perumal_temple" title="Adi Srinivasa perumal temple">Adi Srinivasa perumal temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varadharaja_Perumal_Temple,_Kanchipuram" title="Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram">Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashtabujakaram" title="Ashtabujakaram">Ashtabujakaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adikesava_Perumal_Temple,_Kanyakumari" title="Adikesava Perumal Temple, Kanyakumari">Adikesava Perumal Temple, Kanyakumari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandava_Thoothar_Perumal_Temple" title="Pandava Thoothar Perumal Temple">Pandava Thoothar Perumal Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajagopalaswamy_Temple,_Mannargudi" title="Rajagopalaswamy Temple, Mannargudi">Rajagopalaswamy Temple, Mannargudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulagalantha_Perumal_Temple,_Tirukoyilur" title="Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, Tirukoyilur">Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, Tirukoyilur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudikondan_Kothandaramar_Temple" title="Mudikondan Kothandaramar Temple">Mudikondan Kothandaramar Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirupullabhoothangudi_Temple" title="Thirupullabhoothangudi Temple">Thirupullabhoothangudi Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kola_Valvill_Ramar_Temple,_Tiruvelliyangudi" title="Kola Valvill Ramar Temple, Tiruvelliyangudi">Kola Valvill Ramar Temple, Tiruvelliyangudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayaraghava_Perumal_temple" title="Vijayaraghava Perumal temple">Vijayaraghava Perumal temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kattu_Narasimhaperumal_Temple,_Srirangam" title="Kattu Narasimhaperumal Temple, Srirangam">Kattu Narasimhaperumal Temple, Srirangam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundaravarada_Perumal_temple" title="Sundaravarada Perumal temple">Sundaravarada Perumal temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramaswamy_Temple,_Kumbakonam" title="Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam">Ramaswamy Temple, Kumbakonam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaikunda_Perumal_Temple,_Uthiramerur" title="Vaikunda Perumal Temple, Uthiramerur">Vaikunda Perumal Temple, Uthiramerur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiru_Parameswara_Vinnagaram" title="Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram">Tiruparamechura Vinnagaram - Sri Vaikunda Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiru_pavla_vannam" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiru pavla vannam">Tirupavalavannam - Sri Pavala Vanar Temple, Kanchipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandava_Thoothar_Perumal_Temple" title="Pandava Thoothar Perumal Temple">Tirupaadagam - Sri Pandava Thoodar Temple, Kanchipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilathingal_Thundam_Perumal_temple" title="Nilathingal Thundam Perumal temple">Tirunilaaththingalthundam - Sri Nilathingal Thundathan Perumal Temple,Kanchipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiruputkuzhi" title="Thiruputkuzhi">Tirupputkuzhi - Sri Vijaya Raghava Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazheesirama_Vinnagaram" title="Kazheesirama Vinnagaram">Tirivikrama Perumal Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appakkudathaan_Perumal_Temple" title="Appakkudathaan Perumal Temple">Appakkudathaan Perumal Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanjai_Mamani_Koil" title="Thanjai Mamani Koil">Thanjai Mamani Koil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thanjavur" title="Thanjavur">Thanjavur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parimala_Ranganatha_Perumal_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Parimala Ranganatha Perumal temple">Parimala Ranganatha Perumal temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azhagiya_Manavala_Perumal_Temple" title="Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Temple">Azhagiya Manavala Perumal Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundararaja_Perumal_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Sundararaja Perumal temple">Sundararaja Perumal temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srinivasa_Perumal_Temple,_Tirukulandhai" title="Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Tirukulandhai">Srinivasa Perumal Temple, Tirukulandhai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varadaraja_Perumal_Temple,_Shoolagiri" title="Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Shoolagiri">Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Shoolagiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedanarayana_perumal_temple,_Thirunarayanapuram" title="Vedanarayana perumal temple, Thirunarayanapuram">Vedanarayana perumal temple, Thirunarayanapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Venkatesa_Perumal_Temple_(Melathiruppathi)_%E2%80%93_Mondipalayam" title="Sri Venkatesa Perumal Temple (Melathiruppathi) – Mondipalayam">Sri Venkatesa Perumal Temple (Melathiruppathi) – Mondipalayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranganatha_Temple,_Thiruneermalai" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranganatha Temple, Thiruneermalai">Ranganatha Temple, Thiruneermalai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veeraraghava_Swamy_Temple,_Tiruvallur" class="mw-redirect" title="Veeraraghava Swamy Temple, Tiruvallur">Veeraraghava Swamy Temple, Tiruvallur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Kalyana_Ramaswamy_temple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Kalyana Ramaswamy temple (page does not exist)">Sri Kalyana Ramaswamy temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loganatha_Perumal_Temple" title="Loganatha Perumal Temple">Loganatha Perumal Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neelamegha_Perumal_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Neelamegha Perumal temple">Neelamegha Perumal temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soundararajaperumal_temple,_Nagapattinam" class="mw-redirect" title="Soundararajaperumal temple, Nagapattinam">Soundararajaperumal temple, Nagapattinam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanamamalai_Perumal_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanamamalai Perumal temple">Vanamamalai Perumal temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranganathaswamy_temple,_Karamadai" title="Ranganathaswamy temple, Karamadai">Ranganathaswamy temple, Karamadai, Coimbatore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varadharaja_Perumal_Temple,_Puducherry" title="Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Puducherry">Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Puducherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Yoga_Rama_temple" title="Sri Yoga Rama temple">Sri Yoga Rama Temple, Nedungunam</a> <a href="/wiki/Chettupattu" class="mw-redirect" title="Chettupattu">Chettupattu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirukkadigai" title="Thirukkadigai">Yoga Narasimhaswamy Temple</a> <a href="/wiki/Sholingur" class="mw-redirect" title="Sholingur">Sholingur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devanathaswamy_temple,_Thiruvanthipuram" title="Devanathaswamy temple, Thiruvanthipuram">Devanathaswamy temple, Thiruvanthipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oppiliappan_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Oppiliappan temple">Oppiliappan temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhaktavatsala_Perumal_temple,_Tirukannamangai" title="Bhaktavatsala Perumal temple, Tirukannamangai">Bhaktavatsala Perumal temple, Tirukannamangai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnapuram_Venkatachalapathy_temple" title="Krishnapuram Venkatachalapathy temple">Krishnapuram Venkatachalapathy temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soundararajaperumal_temple,_Thadikombu" title="Soundararajaperumal temple, Thadikombu">Soundararajaperumal temple, Thadikombu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santana_Srinivasa_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Santana Srinivasa Temple">Santana Srinivasa Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Mogappair" title="Mogappair">Mogappair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saranathan_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Saranathan temple">Saranatha Perumal Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nithyakalyana_Perumal_temple" title="Nithyakalyana Perumal temple">Nithyakalyana Perumal temple</a> at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tiruvidanthai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tiruvidanthai (page does not exist)">Tiruvidanthai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srivaikuntanathan_Perumal_temple" title="Srivaikuntanathan Perumal temple">Srivaikuntanathan Perumal temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abaya_Hastha_Swayambu_Sri_Lakshmi_Narasimha_Swamy_Temple,_Agaram_Village,_Hosur" title="Abaya Hastha Swayambu Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Agaram Village, Hosur">Abaya Hastha Swayambu Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Agaram Village, Hosur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adhirangam_Ranganathaswamy_temple" title="Adhirangam Ranganathaswamy temple">Adhirangam Ranganathaswamy temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adikesava_Perumal_temple,_Mylapore" title="Adikesava Perumal temple, Mylapore">Adikesava Perumal temple, Mylapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adikesava_Perumal_Temple,_Paramandur" title="Adikesava Perumal Temple, Paramandur">Adikesava Perumal Temple, Paramandur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adikesava_Perumal_temple,_Sriperumpudur" title="Adikesava Perumal temple, Sriperumpudur">Adikesava Perumal temple, Sriperumpudur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andalukkum_Aiyan_Temple" title="Andalukkum Aiyan Temple">Andalukkum Aiyan Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arulmigu_Prasanna_Venkatesa_Perumal_Temple" title="Arulmigu Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple">Arulmigu Prasanna Venkatesa Perumal Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kodandaramaswamy_temple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kodandaramaswamy temple (page does not exist)">Sri Kodandaramaswamy temple, Ayoyhyapatinam, Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betrayaswamy_temple" title="Betrayaswamy temple">Betrayaswamy temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eri-Katha_Ramar_Temple" title="Eri-Katha Ramar Temple">Eri-Katha Ramar Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jakath_Rakshaka_Perumal_temple,_Thirukkoodaloor" class="mw-redirect" title="Jakath Rakshaka Perumal temple, Thirukkoodaloor">Jakath Rakshaka Perumal temple, Thirukkoodaloor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagannatha_Perumal_temple" title="Jagannatha Perumal temple">Jagannatha Perumal temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adi_Jagannatha_Perumal_Temple" title="Adi Jagannatha Perumal Temple">Adi Jagannatha Perumal Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varadharajaperumal_temple,_Thirubuvanai" title="Varadharajaperumal temple, Thirubuvanai">Varadharajaperumal temple, Thirubuvanai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chenraya_Perumal_Temple" title="Chenraya Perumal Temple">Chenraya Perumal Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senji_Singavaram_Ranganatha_Temple" title="Senji Singavaram Ranganatha Temple">Senji Singavaram Ranganatha Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gingee_Venkataramana_Temple" title="Gingee Venkataramana Temple">Gingee Venkataramana Temple</a></li> <li>Ranganatha Perumal Temple at <a href="/wiki/Erode_Fort" title="Erode Fort">Erode Fort</a></li> <li>Magudeswarar Temple, <a href="/wiki/Kodumudi" title="Kodumudi">Kodumudi</a>, Erode</li> <li>Kongu Tirupati at Erode</li> <li>Sri Viswaroopha Lakshmi Nrusimha Temple at Kattavakkam, Kancheepuram District, Near Thenneri</li> <li>The LakshmiNarasimhar Temple at Tindivanam</li> <li>The Lakshmi Narayan Temple at <a href="/wiki/Pulikkundram" title="Pulikkundram">Pulikkundram</a> near <a href="/wiki/Thirukazhukundram" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirukazhukundram">Thirukazhukundram</a></li> <li>The Kesavaperumal Temple at Chennai</li> <li>The Lakshmi Narasimhar Temple at Chennai</li> <li>Sri Mayakoothar Devasthanams, Perungulam, Tuticorin [Thoothukudi]</li> <li>Arulmegu sattur perumal swamy temple, Solavampalayam, Kinathukadavu, Pollachi, Coimbatore</li> <li>Sri Adivaraha Temple Kallidaikurichi Tamlinadu</li> <li>Sri Veeraragava perumal Temple, Dharapuram, Tirupur</li> <li>Adi Narayana Perumal Temple, <a href="/wiki/Pariyur" title="Pariyur">Pariyur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gobichettipalayam" title="Gobichettipalayam">Gobichettipalayam</a></li> <li>Kalyana venkatramanaswamy Temple, Thannthondri Malai, <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a></li> <li>Shree Abayapradhana Ranganathar Temple, <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a></li> <li>Vasantha perumal Temple, Kadavur, <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a></li> <li>Neelameegha perumal Temple, Kulithalai, <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a></li> <li>Kripasamudra Perumal (Arulmakadal) Temple at <a href="/wiki/Mayavaram" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayavaram">Mayavaram</a></li> <li>Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Nainamalai</li> <li>Narasimha Temple at <a href="/wiki/Tindivanam" title="Tindivanam">Tindivanam</a></li> <li>Yoga Narasimha Temple at <a href="/wiki/Velachery" title="Velachery">Velachery</a>, Chennai</li> <li>Sri Srinivaasa Perumal, Thirumaleeswarar Temple, Arakonam</li> <li>Sri Lakshmi Narayanan Kovil, Sathyamangalam</li> <li>Pulikundram Sri Lakshmi Narayana Temple, <a href="/wiki/Pulikkundram" title="Pulikkundram">Pulikkundram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahabalipuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahabalipuram">Mahabalipuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tirukalukundram" title="Tirukalukundram">Tirukalukundram</a></li> <li>Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple, Vellore</li> <li>Ranganathaswamy Temple, Bethur</li> <li>Mannarakrishna temple, Ramiyananhalli</li> <li>Seetha devi sametha Kodandaramaswamy temple, Ramiyanahalli</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Divyadesam" class="mw-redirect" title="Divyadesam">Divyadesam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abhimana_Kshethram" title="Abhimana Kshethram">Abhimana Kshethram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancharanga_Kshetrams" title="Pancharanga Kshetrams">Pancharanga Kshetrams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nava_Tirupati" title="Nava Tirupati">Nava Tirupati Kshethrams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancha_Kshethram" title="Pancha Kshethram">Pancha Kshethram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancha_Rama_Temples" title="Pancha Rama Temples">Pancha Ramachandra Kshethram</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temples_of_Shiva">Temples of Shiva</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="/wiki/Ashvins" title="Ashvins">Ashvins</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahadevi" title="Mahadevi">Mahadevi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rigvedic_deities" title="Rigvedic deities">Other Vedic Deities</a></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Post-Vedic:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avatar" title="Avatar">Avatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dashavatara" title="Dashavatara">Dashavatara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navadurga" title="Navadurga">Navadurga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahavidya" title="Mahavidya">Mahavidya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kartikeya" title="Kartikeya">Kartikeya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radha" title="Radha">Radha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakti" title="Shakti">Shakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sita" title="Sita">Sita</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Devata" title="Devata">Devatas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vishvakarma" title="Vishvakarma">Vishvakarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kubera" title="Kubera">Kubera</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_philosophy" title="Hindu philosophy">Concepts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Worldview</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_cosmology" title="Hindu cosmology">Cosmology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_mythology" title="Hindu mythology">Mythology</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Ontology</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tattva" title="Tattva">Tattvas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanmatras" title="Tanmatras">Subtle elements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchikarana" title="Panchikarana">Panchikarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pancha_Bhuta" title="Pancha Bhuta">Gross elements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gu%E1%B9%87a" title="Guṇa">Guṇas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purusha" title="Purusha">Purusha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prak%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Prakṛti">Prakṛti</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Para_Brahman" title="Para Brahman">Supreme reality</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahman" title="Brahman">Brahman</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nirguna_brahman" class="mw-redirect" title="Nirguna brahman">Nirguna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saguna_brahman" title="Saguna brahman">Saguna</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Om" title="Om">Om</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saccid%C4%81nanda" title="Saccidānanda">Saccidānanda</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">God</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ishvara" title="Ishvara">Ishvara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deva_(Hinduism)" title="Deva (Hinduism)">Devas</a> / <a href="/wiki/Devi" title="Devi">Devi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devata" title="Devata">Devatas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_in_Hinduism" title="God in Hinduism">God in Hinduism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/God_and_gender_in_Hinduism" title="God and gender in Hinduism">God and gender</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Puru%E1%B9%A3%C4%81rtha" title="Puruṣārtha">Puruṣārtha (Meaning of life)</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dharma" title="Dharma">Dharma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artha" title="Artha">Artha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kama" title="Kama">Kama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moksha" title="Moksha">Moksha</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/%C4%80%C5%9Brama_(stage)" title="Āśrama (stage)">Āśrama (Stages of life)</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brahmacharya" title="Brahmacharya">Brahmacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%E1%B9%9Bhastha" title="Gṛhastha">Gṛhastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/V%C4%81naprastha" title="Vānaprastha">Vānaprastha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sannyasa" title="Sannyasa">Sannyasa</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Three_Yogas" title="Three Yogas">Three paths to liberation</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_yoga" title="Bhakti yoga">Bhakti yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnana_yoga" title="Jnana yoga">Jnana yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma_yoga" title="Karma yoga">Karma yoga</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Moksha" title="Moksha">Liberation</a></div></dt></dl> <dl><dd><i>Mokṣa-related topics:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paramatman" title="Paramatman">Paramātman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_(religion)" title="Maya (religion)">Maya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma" title="Karma">Karma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra" title="Saṃsāra">Saṃsāra</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Mind</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80tman_(Hinduism)" title="Ātman (Hinduism)">Ātman (self)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/An%C4%81tman_(Hinduism)" title="Anātman (Hinduism)">Anātman (non-self)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_bodies_doctrine" title="Three bodies doctrine">Sūkṣma śarīra (subtle body)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antahkarana" title="Antahkarana">Antaḥkaraṇa (mental organs)</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Praj%C3%B1%C4%81_(Hinduism)" title="Prajñā (Hinduism)">Prajña (wisdom)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80nanda_(Hindu_philosophy)" title="Ānanda (Hindu philosophy)">Ānanda (happiness)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viveka" title="Viveka">Viveka (discernment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vairagya" title="Vairagya">Vairagya (dispassion)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samatva" title="Samatva">Sama (equanimity)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_(virtue)#Hinduism" title="Temperance (virtue)">Dama (temperance)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uparati" title="Uparati">Uparati (self-settledness)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titiksha" title="Titiksha">Titiksha (forbearance)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faith_in_Hinduism" title="Faith in Hinduism">Shraddha (faith)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam%C4%81dh%C4%81na" title="Samādhāna">Samadhana (concentration)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arishadvargas" title="Arishadvargas">Arishadvargas (six enemies)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahamkara" title="Ahamkara">Ahamkara (attachment)</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Ethics</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ethics_in_religion#Hindu_ethics" title="Ethics in religion">Niti śastra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamas" title="Yamas">Yamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Niyama" title="Niyama">Niyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahimsa" title="Ahimsa">Ahimsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achourya" title="Achourya">Achourya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-possession" title="Non-possession">Aparigraha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmacharya" title="Brahmacharya">Brahmacharya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya" title="Satya">Satya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_(virtue)#Hinduism" title="Temperance (virtue)">Damah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compassion#Hinduism" title="Compassion">Dayā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akrodha" title="Akrodha">Akrodha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arjava" title="Arjava">Arjava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santosha" title="Santosha">Santosha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapas_(Indian_religions)" title="Tapas (Indian religions)">Tapas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sv%C4%81dhy%C4%81ya" title="Svādhyāya">Svādhyāya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaucha" title="Shaucha">Shaucha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitahara" title="Mitahara">Mitahara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C4%81na" title="Dāna">Dāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C4%81stra_pram%C4%81%E1%B9%87am_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism">Sources of dharma</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Pramana" title="Pramana">Epistemology</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pratyaksha" title="Pratyaksha">Pratyakṣa (perception)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramana#Anumāṇa" title="Pramana">Anumāṇa (inference)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upam%C4%81%E1%B9%87a" title="Upamāṇa">Upamāṇa (comparison, analogy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramana#Arthāpatti" title="Pramana">Arthāpatti (postulation, presumption)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pramana#Anupalabdi" title="Pramana">Anupalabdi (non-perception, negation)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shabda" title="Shabda">Śabda (word, testimony)</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Practices</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Worship_in_Hinduism" title="Worship in Hinduism">Worship</a>, sacrifice, and charity</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)">Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arti_(Hinduism)" title="Arti (Hinduism)">Ārtī</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prayer_in_Hinduism" title="Prayer in Hinduism">Prarthana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Arauta" title="Śrauta">Śrauta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murti" title="Murti">Murti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti" title="Bhakti">Bhakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japa" title="Japa">Japa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhajan" title="Bhajan">Bhajana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirtan" title="Kirtan">Kīrtana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yajna" title="Yajna">Yajna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homa_(ritual)" title="Homa (ritual)">Homa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarpana" title="Tarpana">Tarpana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vrata" title="Vrata">Vrata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pr%C4%81ya%C5%9Bcitta" title="Prāyaścitta">Prāyaścitta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirtha_(Hinduism)" title="Tirtha (Hinduism)">Tirtha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yatra" title="Yatra">Yatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_pilgrimage_sites_in_India" title="Hindu pilgrimage sites in India">Tirthadana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matha" title="Matha">Matha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_classical_dance" title="Indian classical dance">Nritta-Nritya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C4%81na" title="Dāna">Dāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sev%C4%81" title="Sevā">Sevā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Meditation</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tapas_(Indian_religions)" title="Tapas (Indian religions)">Tapas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhyana_in_Hinduism" title="Dhyana in Hinduism">Dhyana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam%C4%81dh%C4%81na" title="Samādhāna">Samādhāna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nididhy%C4%81sana" title="Nididhyāsana">Nididhyāsana</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sadhu" title="Sadhu">Sadhu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi" title="Yogi">Yogi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogini" title="Yogini">Yogini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asana" title="Asana">Asana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C4%81dhan%C4%81" title="Sādhanā">Sādhanā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatha_yoga" title="Hatha yoga">Hatha yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jnana_yoga" title="Jnana yoga">Jnana yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhakti_yoga" title="Bhakti yoga">Bhakti yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karma_yoga" title="Karma yoga">Karma yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C4%81ja_yoga" title="Rāja yoga">Rāja yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kundalini_yoga" title="Kundalini yoga">Kundalini yoga</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_art" title="Hindu art">Arts</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bharatanatyam" title="Bharatanatyam">Bharatanatyam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathak" title="Kathak">Kathak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathakali" title="Kathakali">Kathakali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuchipudi" title="Kuchipudi">Kuchipudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manipuri_dance" title="Manipuri dance">Manipuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohiniyattam" title="Mohiniyattam">Mohiniyattam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odissi" title="Odissi">Odissi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sattriya" title="Sattriya">Sattriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagavata_Mela" title="Bhagavata Mela">Bhagavata Mela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yakshagana" title="Yakshagana">Yakshagana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dandiya_Raas" title="Dandiya Raas">Dandiya Raas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnatic_music" title="Carnatic music">Carnatic music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandav_Lila" title="Pandav Lila">Pandav Lila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalaripayattu" title="Kalaripayattu">Kalaripayattu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silambam" title="Silambam">Silambam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adimurai" title="Adimurai">Adimurai</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Samskara_(rite_of_passage)" title="Samskara (rite of passage)">Rites of passage</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Garbhadhana" title="Garbhadhana">Garbhadhana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumsavana" title="Pumsavana">Pumsavana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pumsavana_Simantonayana" title="Pumsavana Simantonayana">Pumsavana Simantonayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simantonnayana" title="Simantonnayana">Simantonnayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatakarma" title="Jatakarma">Jatakarma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N%C4%81makara%E1%B9%87a" title="Nāmakaraṇa">Nāmakaraṇa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishkramana" title="Nishkramana">Nishkramana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annaprashana" title="Annaprashana">Annaprashana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chudakarana" title="Chudakarana">Chudakarana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karnavedha" title="Karnavedha">Karnavedha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vidy%C4%81ra%E1%B9%83bha%E1%B9%83" title="Vidyāraṃbhaṃ">Vidyāraṃbhaṃ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanayana" title="Upanayana">Upanayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshanta" title="Keshanta">Keshanta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ritu_Kala_Samskaram" title="Ritu Kala Samskaram">Ritushuddhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samavartanam" title="Samavartanam">Samavartanam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_wedding" title="Hindu wedding">Vivaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antyesti" title="Antyesti">Antyesti</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Hindu_festivals" title="List of Hindu festivals">Festivals</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maha_Shivaratri" title="Maha Shivaratri">Maha Shivaratri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navaratri" title="Navaratri">Navaratri</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Durga_Puja" title="Durga Puja">Durga Puja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramlila" title="Ramlila">Ramlila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayadashami" title="Vijayadashami">Vijayadashami-Dussehra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganesh_Chaturthi" title="Ganesh Chaturthi">Ganesh Chaturthi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Panchami" title="Vasant Panchami">Vasant Panchami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama_Navami" title="Rama Navami">Rama Navami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Janmashtami" title="Krishna Janmashtami">Janmashtami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onam" title="Onam">Onam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makar_Sankranti" title="Makar Sankranti">Makar Sankranti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumbh_Mela" title="Kumbh Mela">Kumbh Mela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pongal_(festival)" title="Pongal (festival)">Pongal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugadi" title="Ugadi">Ugadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaisakhi" title="Vaisakhi">Vaisakhi</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bihu" title="Bihu">Bihu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puthandu" title="Puthandu">Puthandu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vishu" title="Vishu">Vishu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratha_Yatra_(Puri)" title="Ratha Yatra (Puri)">Ratha Yatra</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_philosophy" title="Hindu philosophy">Philosophical schools</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Astika" class="mw-redirect" title="Astika">Six Astika schools</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samkhya" title="Samkhya">Samkhya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoga_(philosophy)" title="Yoga (philosophy)">Yoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nyaya" title="Nyaya">Nyaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaisheshika" title="Vaisheshika">Vaisheshika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C4%ABm%C4%81%E1%B9%83s%C4%81" title="Mīmāṃsā">Mīmāṃsā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedanta" title="Vedanta">Vedanta</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Advaita_Vedanta" title="Advaita Vedanta">Advaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dvaita_Vedanta" title="Dvaita Vedanta">Dvaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vishishtadvaita" title="Vishishtadvaita">Vishishtadvaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Achintya_Bheda_Abheda" title="Achintya Bheda Abheda">Achintya Bheda Abheda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shuddhadvaita" title="Shuddhadvaita">Shuddhadvaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Svabhavika_Bhedabheda" title="Svabhavika Bhedabheda">Svabhavika Bhedabheda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Akshar_Purushottam_Darshan" title="Akshar Purushottam Darshan">Akshar Purushottam Darshan</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed">Other schools</div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80j%C4%ABvika" title="Ājīvika">Ājīvika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charvaka" title="Charvaka">Charvaka</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid 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<li><a href="/wiki/Vishvamitra" title="Vishvamitra">Vishvamitra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharadwaja" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharadwaja">Bharadwaja</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agastya" title="Agastya">Agastya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angiras" title="Angiras">Angiras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aruni" class="mw-redirect" title="Aruni">Aruni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashtavakra" title="Ashtavakra">Ashtavakra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaimini" title="Jaimini">Jaimini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanada_(philosopher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanada (philosopher)">Kanada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapila" title="Kapila">Kapila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patanjali" title="Patanjali">Patanjali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C4%81%E1%B9%87ini" title="Pāṇini">Pāṇini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prashastapada" title="Prashastapada">Prashastapada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raikva" title="Raikva">Raikva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satyakama_Jabala" class="mw-redirect" 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G. Krishnamurti">U. G. Krishnamurti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upasni_Maharaj" class="mw-redirect" title="Upasni Maharaj">Upasni Maharaj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vethathiri_Maharishi" title="Vethathiri Maharishi">Vethathiri Maharishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swami_Vivekananda" title="Swami Vivekananda">Vivekananda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramahansa_Yogananda" title="Paramahansa Yogananda">Yogananda</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content plainlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="border:1px solid #FFC569;background:#FFC569;padding-top:0.1em;padding-left:3em; text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">Texts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist" style="text-align:center;padding-top:0; background-color:#FDE7B9; border:2px solid #FDE7B9"> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/%C5%9A%C4%81stra_pram%C4%81%E1%B9%87am_in_Hinduism" class="mw-redirect" title="Śāstra pramāṇam in Hinduism">Sources and classification of scripture</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Aruti" title="Śruti">Śruti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sm%E1%B9%9Bti" title="Smṛti">Smṛti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80c%C4%81ra" title="Ācāra">Ācāra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atmatusti" title="Atmatusti">Ātmatuṣṭi</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Hindu_texts" title="Hindu texts">Scriptures</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Hindu_texts" title="Timeline of Hindu texts">Timeline of Hindu texts</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Vedas" title="Vedas">Vedas</a></div></dt></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rigveda" title="Rigveda">Rigveda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Yajurveda" title="Yajurveda">Yajurveda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Samaveda" title="Samaveda">Samaveda</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atharvaveda" title="Atharvaveda">Atharvaveda</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Divisions</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samhitapatha" class="mw-redirect" title="Samhitapatha">Samhita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmana" title="Brahmana">Brahmana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aranyaka" title="Aranyaka">Aranyaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upanishads" title="Upanishads">Upanishads</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><div style="font-size: 100%; background-color:#ffd6ad; border-top:0px dashed"><a href="/wiki/Upanishads" title="Upanishads">Upanishads</a></div></dt></dl> <dl><dd><i>Rigveda:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Aitareya_Upanishad" title="Aitareya Upanishad">Aitareya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kaushitaki_Upanishad" title="Kaushitaki Upanishad">Kaushitaki</a></i></li></ul> <dl><dd><i>Yajurveda:</i></dd></dl> <ul><li><i><a 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temple,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ponneri.</li> <li>Thirumaleeswarar Temple, Thirumathalampakkam, Arakonam Tk, Vellore Dt.</li> <li>Shivan temple, Thiru kundachappai village, Ooty, The Nilgiris Dt.</li> <li>Chenchadainathar Karunakadakshi Temple, Thirumal Ugandan kotai ( TM Kotai ), Ramanathapuram dist, Tamil Nadu, India</li> <li>Arulmigu Amarasundreashwarar Temple, Singalandapuram, Thuraiyur taluk, Tiruchirappalli district</li> <li>Surayanarayanar Temple, Gnairu, Ponneri</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenakshi_Amman_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Meenakshi Amman Temple">Madurai Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nellaiappar_Temple" title="Nellaiappar Temple">Nellaiappar Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tirunelveli" title="Tirunelveli">Tirunelveli</a></li> <li>Kasivisavanathar Gnanaambaigai Temple, <a href="/wiki/Uthamapalayam" title="Uthamapalayam">Uthamapalayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankaranayinarkoil" title="Sankaranayinarkoil">Sankaranayinarkoil</a> or Sankaranaraya swamy temple, <a href="/wiki/Sankarankovil" title="Sankarankovil">Sankarankovil</a></li> <li>Chintamani nathar temple, vasudevanallur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brihadeeswarar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Brihadeeswarar Temple">Brihadeeswarar Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Thanjavur" title="Thanjavur">Thanjavur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaitheeswaran_Koil" title="Vaitheeswaran Koil">Vaitheeshwaran Temple</a> near <a href="/wiki/Mayuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayuram">Mayuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalakandeswarar_Temple,_Vellore" title="Jalakandeswarar Temple, Vellore">Jalakandeswarar Temple</a>, inside the <a href="/wiki/Vellore_Fort" title="Vellore Fort">Vellore Fort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vellore" title="Vellore">Vellore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kapaleeshwarar_Temple" title="Kapaleeshwarar Temple">Kapaleeshwarar Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Mylapore" title="Mylapore">Mylapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dandeeswarar_Temple" title="Dandeeswarar Temple">Dandeeswarar Koil</a>, Velachery, Chennai</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramanathaswamy_Temple" title="Ramanathaswamy Temple">Ramanathaswamy Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Rameshwaram" class="mw-redirect" title="Rameshwaram">Rameshwaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jambukeswarar_Temple,_Thiruvanaikaval" title="Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval">Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval</a> at Tirucharapalli</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annamalaiyar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Annamalaiyar Temple">Arunachaleshwarar Temple</a> at Thiruvannamalai</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thillai_Nataraja_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Thillai Nataraja Temple">Thillai Nataraja Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Chidambaram" title="Chidambaram">Chidambaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedapureeswarar_Temple,_Puducherry" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedapureeswarar Temple, Puducherry">Vedapureeswarar Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pondicherry" title="Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thyagaraja_Temple,_Tiruvarur" title="Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur">Thyagaraja Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Thiruvarur" title="Thiruvarur">Thiruvarur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ekambareswarar_Temple_(Kanchipuram)" title="Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchipuram)">Ekambaranathar Temple</a>(Kachi Egambam) at <a href="/wiki/Kancheepuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Kancheepuram">Kancheepuram</a></li> <li>Thirumagaraleeswarar Temple at <a href="/wiki/Kancheepuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Kancheepuram">Kancheepuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanchi_Kailasanathar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanchi Kailasanathar Temple">Kailasanathar Temple</a>, Kanchipuram</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karchapeswarar_Temple" title="Karchapeswarar Temple">Karchapeswarar Temple</a>, Kanchipuram</li> <li>Vazhakarutheeswarar Temple, Kanchipuram</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sathyanatheswarar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Sathyanatheswarar Temple">Sathyanatheswarar Temple</a> ( Kachi Nerikkaaraikkadu), Kanchipuram</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metraleeswar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Metraleeswar Temple">Metraleeswar Temple</a>(Kachi Metrali), Kanchipuram</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iravatanesvara_Temple,_Kanchipuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Iravatanesvara Temple, Kanchipuram">Iravatanesvara Temple, Kanchipuram</a></li> <li>Muktheeswarar Temple, Kanchipuram</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ona_Kantheeswarar_Temple" title="Ona Kantheeswarar Temple">Ona Kantheeswarar Temple</a> (Onakanthan Thali)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anekadhangavadeswarar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Anekadhangavadeswarar Temple">Anekadhangavadeswarar Temple</a> (Kachi Anekatangapadam)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pasupateeswarar_temple,_Karur" class="mw-redirect" title="Pasupateeswarar temple, Karur">Kalyana Pasupatheeswarar Temple</a> (Thiru Aanilai), <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a></li> <li>Kalyanasundareswarar Temple, Thirumanancheri, Mayiladuthurai</li> <li>Magudeeswarar Temple, <a href="/wiki/Kodumudi" title="Kodumudi">Kodumudi</a>, Erode</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vriddhagiriswarar_Temple,_Vriddhachalam" class="mw-redirect" title="Vriddhagiriswarar Temple, Vriddhachalam">Virdhgiriswarar Temple</a> at Vriddhachalam</li> <li>Sree Pasupatheeswarar Temple, Pandanainallur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thenupuriswarar_Temple,_Patteeswaram" title="Thenupuriswarar Temple, Patteeswaram">Thenupuriswarar Temple</a> at Pattiswaram, <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nageswaraswamy_Temple,_Kumbakonam" class="mw-redirect" title="Nageswaraswamy Temple, Kumbakonam">Nageeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam</a></li> <li>Amarapaneeswarar Temple at <a href="/wiki/Pariyur" title="Pariyur">Pariyur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gobichettipalayam" title="Gobichettipalayam">Gobichettipalayam</a></li> <li>Arudra Kabaleeswarar Temple at <a href="/wiki/Erode" title="Erode">Erode</a></li> <li>Vigirtheeswarar Temple, Venjamangudalur, <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a></li> <li>Rathinagireeshwarar Temple, Iyermalai, <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangameswarar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangameswarar Temple">Sangameswarar Temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bhavani" title="Bhavani">Bhavani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natadreeswarar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Natadreeswarar Temple">Natadreeswarar Temple</a> inside Cauvery, <a href="/wiki/Erode" title="Erode">Erode</a></li> <li>Emaneswarar Temple, Emaneswaram at <a href="/wiki/Paramakudi" title="Paramakudi">Paramakudi</a>.</li> <li>Agneeswarar Koil, Thirukkaattuppalli</li> <li>Sattainathar Temple, <a href="/wiki/Sirkazhi" title="Sirkazhi">Sirkazhi</a></li> <li>Thaayumaanavar Koil, Tiruchy</li> <li>Poongundra Nathar Temple, Mahibalanpatti (sivagangai)</li> <li>Veerattaaneswarar Koil, Korukkai</li> <li>Koenaeswarar Koil, Kudavaasal</li> <li>Seshapureeswarar Koil, Thiruppaamburam</li> <li>Ligusaranyeswarar Koil, Ponnur</li> <li>Amirthakalasanaathar Koil, Sakkottai</li> <li>Hayavandheeswarar Koil, Seeyaaththamangai</li> <li>Maanikkavannar Koil, Thirumarugal</li> <li>Sookshmapureeswarar Koil, Sirukudi</li> <li>Uthraapatheeswarar Koil, Thiruchchengaattaangudi</li> <li>Panchanadheeswarar Koil, <a href="/wiki/Thiruvaiyaru" title="Thiruvaiyaru">Thiruvaiyaru</a></li> <li>Pasupatheeswarar Koil, Aavoor</li> <li>Kasi Vishwanathar Temple, Darapuram</li> <li>Thiruaavinankudi Temple, Palani</li> <li>Agastheeswarar Koil, Agasthiyampalli</li> <li>AmudhaGataeswarar Koil, Kodikkarai</li> <li>Suguvaneshwarar Temple, <a href="/wiki/Salem,_Tamil_Nadu" title="Salem, Tamil Nadu">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kailashnathar_temple,_Tharamangalam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kailashnathar temple, Tharamangalam (page does not exist)">Kailashnathar Temple, Tharamangalam</a>, Salem</li> <li>Theerthagirieswarar Temple, Theerthamalai, Dharmapuri</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Choodeswarar_Temple" title="Chandra Choodeswarar Temple">Chandra Choodeswarar Temple</a>, Hosur</li> <li>Sri Ramalinga Sowdambikai Amman Temple at Raja street, Coimbatore.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arulmigu_Manneaswarar_Temple,_Annur" title="Arulmigu Manneaswarar Temple, Annur">Sri Manneaswarar Kovil, Annur, Coimbatore</a></li> <li>Old Someaswarar Kovil at Annaimalai, Pollachi.</li> <li>Shree Sadhasiva Bhrameendhraal Temple, Nerur, <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a></li> <li>Sivapurishwarar Temple, Shivayam, <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brahmapureeswarar_Temple" title="Brahmapureeswarar Temple">Brahmapureeswarar Temple</a>, Thirupattur, <a href="/wiki/Tiruchirappalli" title="Tiruchirappalli">Tiruchirappalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sangameswarar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangameswarar Temple">Sangameswarar Temple</a>, Bhavani, <a href="/wiki/Erode" title="Erode">Erode</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadambavananathar_Temple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kadambavananathar Temple (page does not exist)">Kadambavananathar Temple</a>, Kulithalai, <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a></li> <li>Ardhanaareeswarar Temple, Tiruchengodu, Namakkal</li> <li>Arapaleeswarar Temple, Kolli Hills, Namakkal</li> <li>Viratteeswarar Temple, Pillur, Namakkal</li> <li>Arulmigu Vedapurishwarar Temple, Thiruvothur, CHEYYAR.</li> <li>Ekambareswarar Temple, Chettikulam, Perambalur Dt, Tamil Nadu</li> <li>Sri Sivashankara Kasiviswanather Temple at Sri Chinna Mariamman Temple Kodaikanal.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arulmigu_Vedhagiriswarar_Temple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arulmigu Vedhagiriswarar Temple (page does not exist)">Arulmigu Vedhagiriswarar Temple</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thirukalukundram.in">Thirukalukundram</a></li> <li>Kondarangi Hills - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lord_Malligarjuna_Swamy_Temple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lord Malligarjuna Swamy Temple (page does not exist)">Malligarjuna Swamy Temple</a>, Konrangi Keeranur, <a href="/wiki/Oddanchatram" title="Oddanchatram">Oddanchatram</a></li> <li>Arulmigu Kulantahivelappar Temple, <a href="/wiki/Oddanchatram" title="Oddanchatram">Oddanchatram</a></li> <li>Agatheeshwarar temple, Dharapuram, Tirupur(<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220842/http://www.agastheeswarartemple.tinfo.in/">https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220842/http://www.agastheeswarartemple.tinfo.in/</a>)</li> <li>Arulmigu Sri Sivan Anaindha Pottri Temple, Mamsapuram, Srivilliputhur, Virudhunagar <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=2057">https://temple.dinamalar.com/en/new_en.php?id=2057</a></li> <li>Arulmigu Brihadeeswarar and Mangalambigai temple in Kazhipattur, OMR</li> <li>Vedaranyeswarar Temple, Vedaranyam, Nagapattinam Dt.</li> <li>Arulmigu Aranganayagi Samatha Agatheeshwarar Temple, Ananthamangalam,Maduranthagam Tk., Chengalpattu Dt.</li> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="See_also_2">See also</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paadal_Petra_Sthalam" title="Paadal Petra Sthalam">Panchabhootha Sthalangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paadal_Petra_Sthalam" title="Paadal Petra Sthalam">Pancha Sabha Sthalangal</a><sup id="cite_ref-panchabootham_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-panchabootham-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paadal_Petra_Sthalam" title="Paadal Petra Sthalam">The Ashta Veeratta shrines</a><sup id="cite_ref-shiva_templenet_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shiva_templenet-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temples_of_Bhairava">Temples of Bhairava</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Temples of Bhairava"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kala Bhairavar Temple, Aathisivan temple, Thandarampattu, Thiruvannamalai.</li> <li>Kala Bhairavar,Sattainathar Temple,Sirkali,Mayiladuthurai Dt.</li> <li>Yoga Bhairavar Temple, Tiruppathur, Sivagangai Dt.</li> <li>Bhairavar Temple, Vairavan Patti, <a href="/wiki/Karaikudi" title="Karaikudi">Karaikudi</a></li> <li>Bhairava Moorthi ( Bhairava Natha Moorthi) Temple, Morepalayam, <a href="/wiki/Tiruchengodu" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiruchengodu">Tiruchengodu</a></li> <li>Bhairaveswarar Temple, <a href="/wiki/Cholapuram" title="Cholapuram">Cholapuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a></li> <li>Kalabhairav Temple, Adhiyaman Kottai</li> <li>Kala Bhairavar Temple, Achangulam, <a href="/wiki/Pasuvanthanai" title="Pasuvanthanai">Pasuvanthanai</a> Taluk</li> <li>Sri Bhairavanathaswamy Temple, Thagattur</li> <li>Sri kaala bhairavar Temple (Vairavankoil) near Eachangudi Thanjavur Dt</li> <li>Astha Bairavar Temple, Aragalur, Attur Tk, Salem Dt.</li> <li>Shri Bairavar Rudhra Alayam, Ecchankarunai, Chengalpatu -603003</li> <li>Kala Bhairavar Temple, Kshetra Balapuram, Near Mayiladuthurai, Tanjore Dt</li> <li>Kala Bhairavar Temple, <a href="/wiki/Kundadam" title="Kundadam">Kundadam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiruppur_district" title="Tiruppur district">Tiruppur district</a></li> <li>Bhairavar Temple, Renganathapuram, Bodinayakkanur, Theni dt</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temples_of_Hanuman">Temples of <a href="/wiki/Hanuman" title="Hanuman">Hanuman</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Temples of Hanuman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Anjaneyar Temple, <a href="/wiki/Namakkal" title="Namakkal">Namakkal</a>- 18 feet single stone sculpture</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Rama_Bhaktha_Anjaneyar_temple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Rama Bhaktha Anjaneyar temple (page does not exist)">Sri Rama Bhaktha Anjaneyar Temple</a>, Ayippettai, Chidamaram</li> <li>Anjaneyar Temple, Suchindram, Kanyakumari</li> <li>Anjaneyar Temple, Foothills of Nainamalai, Namakkal</li> <li>Sri Panchamukha Anjaneyar, Panchavatee, <a href="/wiki/Pondicherry" title="Pondicherry">Pondicherry</a></li> <li>Sri <a href="/wiki/Viswaroopa_Adhivyadhihara_Sri_Bhaktha_Anjaneya_Swamy_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Viswaroopa Adhivyadhihara Sri Bhaktha Anjaneya Swamy Temple">Viswaroopa Adhivyadhihara Sri Bhaktha Anjaneya Swamy Temple</a>, Nanganallur, Chennai<sup id="cite_ref-nanganallur_official_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nanganallur_official-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nanganallur_indiantempleportal_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nanganallur_indiantempleportal-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Tirukkatikai Yoga Anjaneyar Temple, Sholingar<sup id="cite_ref-sholingar_temple_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sholingar_temple-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Veera Anjaneya Swami Temple, Mylapore, Chennai<sup id="cite_ref-anjaneyar_temples_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anjaneyar_temples-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sri periya Anjaneyar Temple, <a href="/wiki/Ambur" title="Ambur">Ambur</a></li> <li>Sri Sanjeevi Rayan Temple, Iyengar Kulam, Kanchipuram<sup id="cite_ref-anjaneyar_temples_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-anjaneyar_temples-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sri Viswaroopa <a href="/wiki/Panchamukha" title="Panchamukha">Panchamukha</a> Anjaneya Swami Temple, <a href="/wiki/Tiruvallur" title="Tiruvallur">Tiruvallur</a></li> <li>Sri Jaya Anjaneya Swami Temple, <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a></li> <li>Shri <a href="/wiki/Bhaktha_Anjaneyar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhaktha Anjaneyar">Bhaktha Anjaneyar</a>, Vedasandur, <a href="/wiki/Dindigul" title="Dindigul">Dindigul</a></li> <li>Sri PunithaPuli Anjaneyar Temple, Paramakudi</li> <li>Sri Anuvavi Anjaneya Temple, Coimbatore</li></ul> <p>Anjaneyar kovil, Ponneri </p> <ul><li>Arulmigu Kadu Hanumatharayar Temple, Dharapuram</li> <li>Arulmigu Nava Anjaneyar Temple, Madurai-Dindugul Bye pass, Kulasekarapattinam.</li> <li>Sree Moola Anjaneyar Koil, Thanjavur</li> <li>Sanjeevirayar Anjaneyar Koil pidampatti Village Mathur post Kulathur tk Puthukkottai dt. near by trichy.</li> <li>Shri Rama Baktha Bavya Swaroopa Anjaneyar Temple, BHEL nagar, Medavakkam, Chennai</li> <li>Panchamuga Anjaneyar Temple, Gowrivakkam, Chennai</li> <li>Sri Guru Hanuman Temple, Vadavalli, Coimbatore</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temples_of_Amman">Temples of Amman</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Temples of Amman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adhiparasakthi_Siddhar_Peetam" title="Adhiparasakthi Siddhar Peetam">Adhiparasakthi Siddhar Peetam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Melmaruvathur" title="Melmaruvathur">Melmaruvathur</a>, Kanchipuram</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koniamman_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Koniamman Temple">Koniamman Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coimbatore" title="Coimbatore">Coimbatore</a></li> <li>Mariyamman Temple, Kuppuchipalayam, Paramathi Velur, Namakkal</li> <li>Angala Parameshwari Temple, Pillur, Namakkal</li> <li>Padaivetti Amman Temple, Pillur, Namakkal</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Arulmigu_Maha_Maariyamman_temple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arulmigu Maha Maariyamman temple (page does not exist)">Arulmigu Maha Maariyamman temple</a>, Thenkudi</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamakshi_Amman_Temple" title="Kamakshi Amman Temple">Kamakshi Amman Temple</a>, Kanchipuram</li> <li>arulmigu sri seethala devi mahasakthi mariamman temple,perumpugalore,thiruvarur.</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gangai_Amman_Temple,_Gudiyattam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gangai Amman Temple, Gudiyattam (page does not exist)">Gangai Amman Temple, Gudiyattam</a> |Arulmigu Kodiyidai Nayagi Temple, Thirumullaivoyal]]</li> <li>Arulmigu Vanabathrakali Amman Temple, Mettupalayam, Coimbatore</li> <li>Adhi Kamakshi Temple, Kanchipuram</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamakshi_Amman_Temple,_Mangadu" title="Kamakshi Amman Temple, Mangadu">Kamakshi Amman Temple, Mangadu</a></li> <li>Arulmigu Devi Pachaimalai Amman Temple, <a href="/wiki/Thirumullaivoyal" title="Thirumullaivoyal">Thirumullaivoyal</a></li> <li>Arulmigu Vaishnavi Devi Temple, <a href="/wiki/Thirumullaivoyal" title="Thirumullaivoyal">Thirumullaivoyal</a></li> <li>Mandhai Amman Temple, <a href="/wiki/Rayavaram,_Tamil_Nadu" title="Rayavaram, Tamil Nadu">Rayavaram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pudukkottai" title="Pudukkottai">Pudukkottai</a></li> <li>kalingaiamman, Trichy Kuladevam Kalingaiamman Temple Beside Delta Kavery River Infront Sriranganathan Temple Srirangam</li> <li>Arulmigu Shri Ayirathamman Kovil, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli</li> <li>Shri Anandhavalli sametha Shri Agastheeswarar Temple, Semmangudi, Kudavasal taluk, Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu</li> <li>Arulmigu Chamundeshwari Amman Temple, Singalandapuram, Thuraiyur taluk, Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu</li> <li>Sri Angalaparameswari Amman Mel Kovil and Kizh Kovil, Kaveripattinam, Krishnagiri Dist. Tamil Nadu</li> <li>Shri Anandhavalli sametha Shri Agastheeswarar Temple, Semmangudi, Kudavasal taluk, Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu</li> <li>Arulmigu Mariamman Temple, Irukkankudi, Virudhunagar Dist, Tamil Nadu.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gomathi_Amman" title="Gomathi Amman">Gomathi Amman</a> Temple, <a href="/wiki/Sankarankovil" title="Sankarankovil">Sankarankovil</a></li> <li>Aanangur Ammaicharamman (Mariamman) Temple, Aanangur, Before Pillur, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu.</li> <li>Arulmigu Angalaparameswari Aalayam, Chinna Subbarayapillai Street, Pondicherry-1.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bannari_Amman_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Bannari Amman Temple">Bannari Mariamman Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bannari" title="Bannari">Bannari</a>, Sathyamangalam</li> <li>Chenchadainathar Karunakadakshi Amman Temple, Thirumal Ugandan kotai ( TM Kotai ), Ramanathapuram dist, Tamil Nadu, India</li> <li>Arulmigu Masani Amman Temple, Anaimalai (Pollachi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pariyur_Kondathu_Kaliamman" class="mw-redirect" title="Pariyur Kondathu Kaliamman">Pariyur Kondathu Kaliamman Temple</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gobichettipalayam" title="Gobichettipalayam">Gobichettipalayam</a></li> <li>Mariyamman temple, Samayapuram, Tiruchirappalli</li> <li>Arulmigu Annai Sri Gowmariamman Temple, Veerapandi, theni Dist, Tamil Nadu.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PunnaiNallur_Mariamman" class="mw-redirect" title="PunnaiNallur Mariamman">PunnaiNallur Mariamman</a> Temple, Thanjavur</li> <li>Sholiyamman Temple, Karur</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Temple,_Sripuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Temple, Sripuram">Golden Temple, Sripuram</a> Sri Laskshmi narayani Temple, vellore District Tamil Nadu</li> <li>Arulmigu Gangai Amman Thirukkovil, Santhavasal, Tiruvannamalai District Tamil Nadu</li> <li>Arulmigu Devi Karumariamman Temple Thiruverkadu (Chennai)</li> <li>Bangaru Kaamaatchiyamman Koil, Thanjavur</li> <li>Arulmigu Kottai Mariamman Kovil, Salem</li> <li>Sri Ramalinga Sowdambikai Amman Kovil at Raja Street, Coimbatore.</li> <li>Kottai Mariamman Kovil, Dindigul</li> <li>Sri Poongundra Nayaki Amman Temple, MahibalanPatti(Sivagangai)</li> <li>Koppudayamman Koil, Karaikudi</li> <li>Kumariamman Koil, Kanyakumari</li> <li>Angalaparameswari Koil, Mel Malayanur</li> <li>Aathiparashakthi Koil, Mel Maruvathur</li> <li>Badrakali Amman Temple, madapuram, Sivagangai District.</li> <li>Sree Bhadhrakali Devaswom,Kollencode(Kanniyakumari District)</li> <li>Sri Rajarajeshwari Ishakkiamman Trust, Kollemcode (Kanyakumari)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mondaicaud_Bhagavathi_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Mondaicaud Bhagavathi Temple">Mondaicaud Bhagavathi Temple</a>, Mandaicaud (Kanyakumari)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muppandal" title="Muppandal">Muppandal</a> Isakki amman Temple, <a href="/wiki/Muppandal" title="Muppandal">Muppandal</a> (Kanyakumari)</li> <li>Arulmigu Thayamanagalam Muthu Mariamman Kovil, Thayamangalam, Sivagangai District</li> <li>Arulmigu kannaparkula peecha vettuva gounder kuladeivam kulavilakkuammankovil, kaalamangalam 'erode ganapathi palayam,</li> <li>Arulmigu Mariyamman koil, Alangayam (Vellore)</li> <li>Arulmigu Sri Chinna Mariamman Kovil (Kodaikanal) Dindugal District,</li> <li>Arulmigu Sri Angalaparameswari Amman kovil, Pappakudi, Near Mukkudal, Tirunelveli Dist. Tamil Nadu</li> <li>Arulmigu Sri Mariyamman kovil, <code>திருப்பணிகரிசல்குளம்</code> <b>Thiruppanikarisalkulam</b>, Near Pettai, Tirunelveli Dist, Tamil Nadu .</li> <li>Muppidathi Amman kovil, <code>திருப்பணிகரிசல்குளம்</code> <b>Thiruppanikarisalkulam</b>, Near Pettai, Tirunelveli Dist, Tamil Nadu .</li> <li>Arulmigu Sri Muttharamman Kovil, Ammandivilai, (Kanyakumari)</li> <li>Arulmigu Sri Manathattu Isakkiyamman kovil, Ammandivilai, (kanyakumari)</li> <li>Arulmigu Sri Bhavani Amman thriukovil, Preiyapalayam</li> <li>Sri Santhanamari amman kovil vickramasingapuram, ambasamudram taluk Tirunelveli</li> <li>Ashtalakshmi Kovil, Besant Nagar, Chennai</li> <li>Poongavanathamman {Angalaparameswari kovil} Temple, Ramapuram, Putlur, Tiruvallur</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ayyanarappan_Temples">Ayyanarappan Temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Ayyanarappan Temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Shri Manjaneeswarar Ayyanarappan Temple, Kilputhupattu, Pondicherry.</li> <li>Sri Porkilai, Sri Poorani Samedha Kaliyurayan Ayyanarappan Temple, Pillur, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu.</li> <li>Sri Ayyanarappan Temple, Kanniakoil, Cuddalore Road, Puducherry.</li> <li>Arulmigu Ettimarathumuniappan Temple, Salem.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathukonda_Ayyanar_Temple" title="Kathukonda Ayyanar Temple">Kathukonda Ayyanar Temple</a>, Sundarapandiapuram, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu</li> <li>Arulmigu Siraimeetta Ayyanar Temple, Kottaram, Aavinankudi, Cuddalore.</li> <li>Arulmigu Vaagaimarathu Ayyanarappan karuppusamy Temple, Magudanchavadi, Salem.</li> <li>Sri vaazl Munishwar Temple, Mannangadu,Thanjavur district.</li> <li>Navaladiyan Temple, Mohanur, Namakkal</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nagarajar_Temples">Nagarajar Temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Nagarajar Temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Sangabala Nagarajar Temple, Mohanur, Namakkal</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="SaibabaTemples">SaibabaTemples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: SaibabaTemples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Mukkan Saibaba Temple, Veeranampalayam, Namakkal</li> <li>Saibaba Temple, Thottipatti, Namakkal</li> <li>Saibaba temple, Mylapore, Chennai</li> <li>Akaraipatti Saibaba Temple,Tenh Shirdi,Trichy</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chitra_Gupta_Temples">Chitra Gupta Temples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Chitra Gupta Temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chitragupta_temple,_Kanchipuram" title="Chitragupta temple, Kanchipuram">Chitragupta temple</a>, Kanchipuram</li> <li>Chitragupta temple, Chinnandipalayam, Tiruppur</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cave_Temples_of_Pandiyas">Cave Temples of Pandiyas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Cave Temples of Pandiyas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kandan Kudaivarai - Muruga Temple, <a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a>- Period: <a href="/wiki/Pandiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandiya">Pandiya</a></li> <li>Seevaramudaiyar Kudaivarai - Shiva Temple, <a href="/wiki/Pudukkottai" title="Pudukkottai">Pudukkottai</a>- Period: <a href="/wiki/Pandiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandiya">Pandiya</a></li> <li>Pathinen Bhoomi Vinnagaram - Pazhiyili Iswaram - Naarthamalai, <a href="/wiki/Pudukkottai" title="Pudukkottai">Pudukkottai</a> - Period: <a href="/wiki/Pandiya" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandiya">Pandiya</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rockcut_Monolith_Temples_of_Pallavas">Rockcut Monolith Temples of Pallavas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Rockcut Monolith Temples of Pallavas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mamallapuram1a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Mamallapuram1a.jpg/220px-Mamallapuram1a.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Mamallapuram1a.jpg/330px-Mamallapuram1a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Mamallapuram1a.jpg/440px-Mamallapuram1a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Raajasimmeswaram, Kshatriya Simmeswaram - popularly known as shore temples in Mamallapuram built by Rajasimha Pallava - I. (c. eighth century C.E.)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Adyantha Kaamam - Dharmaraja Ratha, <a href="/wiki/Mamallapuram" title="Mamallapuram">Mamallapuram</a> - Period: <a href="/wiki/Pallava" class="mw-redirect" title="Pallava">Pallava</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structural_Temples_of_Pallavas">Structural Temples of Pallavas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Structural Temples of Pallavas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kanchi_Kailasanathar_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanchi Kailasanathar Temple">Kailasanatha Temple</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kancheepuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Kancheepuram">Kancheepuram</a> Dt - Period: <a href="/wiki/Pallava" class="mw-redirect" title="Pallava">Pallava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiru_Parameswara_Vinnagaram" title="Tiru Parameswara Vinnagaram">Tiruparamechura Vinnagaram - Sri Vaikunda Perumal Temple</a>- Kancheepuram Dt, Period: Pallava</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iravatanesvara_Temple,_Kanchipuram" class="mw-redirect" title="Iravatanesvara Temple, Kanchipuram">Iravatanesvara Temple, Kanchipuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shore_Temple" title="Shore Temple">Raajasimmeswaram / Kshatriya Simmeswaram - Shore Temples</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mamallapuram" title="Mamallapuram">Mamallapuram</a> - Period: <a href="/wiki/Pallava" class="mw-redirect" title="Pallava">Pallava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayalaya_Choleeswaram" title="Vijayalaya Choleeswaram">Vijayalaya Choleeswaram</a> - Naarthamalai, <a href="/wiki/Pudukkottai" title="Pudukkottai">Pudukkottai</a> - Period: <a href="/wiki/Pallava" class="mw-redirect" title="Pallava">Pallava</a></li> <li>Venkataramana Swamy Temple, Thanthondri malai, <a href="/wiki/Karur" title="Karur">Karur</a> - Period: <a href="/wiki/Pallava" class="mw-redirect" title="Pallava">Pallava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narasimhaswamy_Temple,_Namakkal" title="Narasimhaswamy Temple, Namakkal">Lakshmi Narashimma swamy Temple, Namakkal</a> - Period: <a href="/wiki/Pallava" class="mw-redirect" title="Pallava">Pallava</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structural_Temples_of_Vijayanagara">Structural Temples of Vijayanagara</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Structural Temples of Vijayanagara"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Kanagagiswarar Temple and <a href="/wiki/Periyanayagi_Amman_Temple" title="Periyanayagi Amman Temple">Sri Periyanayagi Amman Temple</a>- <a href="/wiki/Devikapuram" title="Devikapuram">Devikapuram</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tiruvannamalai_district" title="Tiruvannamalai district">Tiruvannamalai district</a> - Period: <a href="/wiki/Nayak_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Nayak dynasty">Nayaka</a></li> <li>Sri Neelakanta Pillaiyar Temple-<a href="/wiki/Peravurani" title="Peravurani">Peravurani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thanjavur_district" title="Thanjavur district">Thanjavur district</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structural_Temples_of_Chola">Structural Temples of Chola</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Structural Temples of Chola"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gangai_Konda_Cholapuram_Temple.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Gangai_Konda_Cholapuram_Temple.jpg/220px-Gangai_Konda_Cholapuram_Temple.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Gangai_Konda_Cholapuram_Temple.jpg/330px-Gangai_Konda_Cholapuram_Temple.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Gangai_Konda_Cholapuram_Temple.jpg/440px-Gangai_Konda_Cholapuram_Temple.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="333" /></a><figcaption>Gangai Konda Cholapuram Temple</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gangaikonda_Cholapuram" title="Gangaikonda Cholapuram">Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple</a>[Jayankonda cholapuram]<a href="/w/index.php?title=ARIYALUR&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ARIYALUR (page does not exist)">ARIYALUR</a> - Period: <a href="/wiki/Chola" class="mw-redirect" title="Chola">Chola</a></li> <li>Raajarajeswaram - <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peruvudaiyaar_kovil&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peruvudaiyaar kovil (page does not exist)">Peruvudaiyaar kovil</a> or Big Temple, <a href="/wiki/Thanjavur" title="Thanjavur">Thanjavur</a> - Period: <a href="/wiki/Chola" class="mw-redirect" title="Chola">Chola</a></li> <li>Thayinum Nalla Iswaram - Aaragalur - Period: <a href="/wiki/Chola" class="mw-redirect" title="Chola">Chola</a></li> <li>Airavatheeshwarar Temple, <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a> - Period: <a href="/wiki/Chola" class="mw-redirect" title="Chola">Chola</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Temples_of_The_Navagrahams">Temples of <a href="/wiki/Navagraha" title="Navagraha">The Navagrahams</a></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Temples of The Navagrahams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Navagraham_cluster_at_Kumbakonam">The Navagraham cluster at <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: The Navagraham cluster at Kumbakonam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" border="0" bgcolor="white"> <tbody><tr> <th>S.No </th> <th>Name of Temple </th> <th>Name of Deity </th> <th>Location (Travel Base) </th> <th>Built around </th> <th>Notes/Beliefs </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>1 </td> <td>Suryanaar Temple </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surya" title="Surya">Surya</a> (Sun) </td> <td>Suryanaar Kovil (<a href="/wiki/Thanjavur" title="Thanjavur">Thanjavur</a>) </td> <td>1100 CE<sup id="cite_ref-suryanarkovil_templenet_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-suryanarkovil_templenet-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>This is the only Navagraham temple where the other eight grahams are also present. But, unlike the usual Navagraham arrangement, all other grahams <i>face</i> Surya here<sup id="cite_ref-pichu_link_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pichu_link-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>2 </td> <td>Agneeswarar Temple </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shukra" title="Shukra">Shukra</a> (Venus) </td> <td>Kanchanoor (<a href="/wiki/Thanjavur" title="Thanjavur">Thanjavur</a>) </td> <td>600-800 CE<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>3 </td> <td>Kailasanathar Temple </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandra" title="Chandra">Chandra</a> (Moon) </td> <td>Tingalur (<a href="/wiki/Thanjavur" title="Thanjavur">Thanjavur</a>) </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>4 </td> <td>Vaitheeswaran Temple </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mangala" title="Mangala">Mangala</a> (Mars) </td> <td>vaitheeswaran kovil (<a href="/wiki/Nagapattinam" title="Nagapattinam">nagapattinam</a>) </td> <td>600-800 CE </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>5 </td> <td>Tirunageswaram Nageswarar Temple </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rahu" title="Rahu">Rahu</a> </td> <td>Tirunageswaram (<a href="/wiki/Thanjavur" title="Thanjavur">Thanjavur</a>) </td> <td>950 CE </td> <td>This temple was built by <a href="/wiki/Gandaraditya" title="Gandaraditya">Gandaraditya Chola</a>, son of Parantaka Chola I.<sup id="cite_ref-tirunageswaram_templenet_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tirunageswaram_templenet-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>6 </td> <td>Tirunallaru Darbaaranyeswarar Temple </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shani" title="Shani">Sani</a> (Saturn) </td> <td>Tirunallaru (<a href="/wiki/Karaikkal" class="mw-redirect" title="Karaikkal">Karaikkal</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>7 </td> <td>Keezhperumpallam Temple </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ketu_(mythology)" title="Ketu (mythology)">Kethu</a> </td> <td>Keezhperumpallam (<a href="/wiki/Nagapattinam" title="Nagapattinam">nagapattinam</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>8 </td> <td>Abathsahayeswarar Temple </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brihaspati" title="Brihaspati">Guru</a> (Jupiter) </td> <td>Alangudi (<a href="/wiki/Thiruvarur" title="Thiruvarur">Thiruvarur</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>9 </td> <td>Tiruvenkadu Swetaranyeswarar Temple </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Budha" title="Budha">Budha</a> (Mercury) </td> <td>Tiruvenkadu (<a href="/wiki/Nagapattinam" title="Nagapattinam">nagapattinam</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>- </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Navagraham_Temples">Other Navagraham Temples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Other Navagraham Temples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" border="0" bgcolor="white"> <tbody><tr> <th>S.No </th> <th>Name of Temple </th> <th>Name of Deity </th> <th>Location (Travel Base) </th> <th>Built around </th> <th>Notes/Beliefs </th></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>1 </td> <td>Kuchanuraan Temple, Sri Mayakoothar Devasthanams, Perungulam </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashtamathu_Sani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashtamathu Sani (page does not exist)">Ashtamathu Sani</a> (Saturn) </td> <td>Kuchanur (<a href="/wiki/Theni" title="Theni">Theni</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>Shani is the main deity in this temple, unlike other temples where he is worshipped either along with other Navagrahams or is worshipped from a shrine that is a part of a bigger temple.<sup id="cite_ref-kuchanur_link_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kuchanur_link-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>Navapasanam Devipattinam Temple </td> <td>Navagaragam <p>Nine stone </p> </td> <td>Devipattinam <p>Ramanathapuram(dist) </p> </td> <td>- </td> <td>This is one of the Navagaraha temples. <p>This navagaraha are believed to have built by Rama, an avatar of Vishnu. </p> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>3 </td> <td>Saneeswarar Tirukkoil </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shani" title="Shani">Sani</a> (Saturn) </td> <td>Tirunaaraiyur a.k.a. Nachiarkoil (<a href="/wiki/Tanjavur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanjavur">Tanjavur</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>This temple is a part of the Sri Ramanathaswami Temple at Tirunaaraiyur. It is the only temple where Saneeswaran is worshipped along with his two wives Mandhadevi and Jyeshtadevi (also known as Neeladevi) and his two sons, Maandhi and Kuligan.<sup id="cite_ref-tirunaaraiyur_link_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tirunaaraiyur_link-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <td>4 </td> <td>Sri Vasishteswarar Temple </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brihaspati" title="Brihaspati">Guru</a> (Jupiter) </td> <td>Thenkudi Thittai (<a href="/wiki/Tanjavur" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanjavur">Tanjavur</a>) </td> <td>- </td> <td>Sage Vasishtar is said to have worshipped Shiva in this temple. Brihaspati is worshipped as Guru Bhagavan from a separate shrine here, unlike in Alangudi where he is worshipped as Dakshinamurthi.<sup id="cite_ref-gurubhagawan_link_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gurubhagawan_link-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <p><sup id="cite_ref-lordguru_chennaionline_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lordguru_chennaionline-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Navagraha_Temples_of_Chennai">Navagraha Temples of Chennai</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Navagraha Temples of Chennai"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chennai has its own set of Navagraha Temples located in and around <a href="/wiki/Kundrathur" title="Kundrathur">Kundrathur</a> </p> <ul><li>a) Surya - Agastheeswaram at Kolapakkam<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>b) Moon - Somanatheeswarar at Somamangalam</li> <li>c) Mars - Vaitheeswaran at Poonamalee</li> <li>d) Kethu - Neelakanteshwarar at Gerugambakkam</li> <li>e) Guru - Ramanadeshwarar at Porur</li> <li>f) Sukra - Velleswarar at Mangadu</li> <li>g) Budhan - Thirumeyneeswarar at Kovur</li> <li>h) Rahu - Thirunageshwaram at Kundrathur</li> <li>i) Saneeswarar - Agastheeswaram at Pozhichalur</li></ul> <p>For detailed write up on these temple refer to page on <a href="/wiki/Kundrathur" title="Kundrathur">Kundrathur</a> Ayyanarappan Temples Sri Porkilai, Sri Poorani Samedha Kaliyurayan Ayyanarappan Temple, Pillur, Villupuram, Tamil Nadu. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=This+idol+is+human-faced...&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chennaionline.com%2Ftoursntravel%2Fplacesofworship%2Frareidols.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indiantemples.com/Tamilnadu/vatapi.html">"<i>...an image of Ganapati brought back from Badami...</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=...an+image+of+Ganapati+brought+back+from+Badami...&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiantemples.com%2FTamilnadu%2Fvatapi.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Eachanari_Vinayagar_Temple-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Eachanari_Vinayagar_Temple_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eachanari_Vinayagar_Temple_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Eachanari_Vinayagar_Temple_29-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eprarthana.com/temples/coimbatore/tn1954each.asp?tid=1954">"<i>Eachanari Vinayagar Temple</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">17 January</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Eachanari+Vinayagar+Temple&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eprarthana.com%2Ftemples%2Fcoimbatore%2Ftn1954each.asp%3Ftid%3D1954&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.palani.org">"Pazhani Temple website"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Pazhani+Temple+website&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.palani.org&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.palani.org/intro.htm">"Third among the Arupadai veedu"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Third+among+the+Arupadai+veedu&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.palani.org%2Fintro.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.palani.org/saravanan.htm">"<i>The observations made by the researchers ... Bhogar was the one who formulated this amalgamation of nava pâsanam</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+observations+made+by+the+researchers+...+Bhogar+was+the+one+who+formulated+this+amalgamation+of+nava+p%C3%A2sanam&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.palani.org%2Fsaravanan.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.murugan.org/temples/swamimalai.htm">"<i>Swamimalai is second among the six padai veedu...</i> and <i>Lord Siva ... heard the exposition of OM as a disciple</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Swamimalai+is+second+among+the+six+padai+veedu...+and+Lord+Siva+...+heard+the+exposition+of+OM+as+a+disciple&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.murugan.org%2Ftemples%2Fswamimalai.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tiruchendur.org/">"Tiruchendur temple website"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tiruchendur+temple+website&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftiruchendur.org%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.murugan.org/temples/tiruchendur.htm">""<i>...it has a holy past dating back to 2000 years, if not earlier.</i> and "<i>...among which Tiruchendur is number one. This was the only temple of Lord Muruga located on the seashore.</i>""</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%22...it+has+a+holy+past+dating+back+to+2000+years%2C+if+not+earlier.+and+%22...among+which+Tiruchendur+is+number+one.+This+was+the+only+temple+of+Lord+Muruga+located+on+the+seashore.%22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.murugan.org%2Ftemples%2Ftiruchendur.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.murugan.org/temples/parankundram.htm">"Tirupparankundram"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tirupparankundram&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.murugan.org%2Ftemples%2Fparankundram.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.maduraidirectory.com/tourism/thiru.php">"<i>So this place becomes the fourth Aru Padai Veedu.</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=So+this+place+becomes+the+fourth+Aru+Padai+Veedu.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maduraidirectory.com%2Ftourism%2Fthiru.php&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indiantemples.com/Tamilnadu/m006.html">"<i>Skanda imparted knowledge of Tamil to the Sage Agasthyar</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Skanda+imparted+knowledge+of+Tamil+to+the+Sage+Agasthyar&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiantemples.com%2FTamilnadu%2Fm006.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050412114447/http://sify.com/samacharreligion/fullstory.php?id=13546731&page=1">"<i>...her knowledge was put to test by Lord Muruga</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Sify" title="Sify">Sify</a></i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://sify.com/samacharreligion/fullstory.php?id=13546731&page=1">the original</a> on 12 April 2005<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Sify&rft.atitle=...her+knowledge+was+put+to+test+by+Lord+Muruga&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fsify.com%2Fsamacharreligion%2Ffullstory.php%3Fid%3D13546731%26page%3D1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.murugan.org/temples/marudhamalai.htm">"<i>...places the origin of the temple in the 10th century A.D.</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=...places+the+origin+of+the+temple+in+the+10th+century+A.D.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.murugan.org%2Ftemples%2Fmarudhamalai.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070126105941/http://nagapattinam.nic.in/sikkal.html">"<i>...Navaphasanam idle</i>"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://kodaikanal.nic.in/poombarai.html">the original</a> on 26 January 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=...Navaphasanam+idle&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fkodaikanal.nic.in%2Fpoombarai.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070126105941/http://nagapattinam.nic.in/sikkal.html">"<i>...transformed her powers into Velayutham</i>"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nagapattinam.nic.in/sikkal.html">the original</a> on 26 January 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=...transformed+her+powers+into+Velayutham&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnagapattinam.nic.in%2Fsikkal.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.murugan.org/temples/marudhamalai.htm">"<i>...places the origin of the temple in the 12th century A.D.</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=...places+the+origin+of+the+temple+in+the+12th+century+A.D.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.murugan.org%2Ftemples%2Fmarudhamalai.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130127042540/http://www.kaumaram.com/aalayam/kaanchipuram/index.html">"Kumarakkottam Temple"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kaumaram.com/aalayam/kaanchipuram/index.html">the original</a> on 27 January 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Kumarakkottam+Temple&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kaumaram.com%2Faalayam%2Fkaanchipuram%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.murugan.org/temples/kumarakottam.htm">"<i>...the sacred Kanda Puranam in praise of Lord Muruga was composed...</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=...the+sacred+Kanda+Puranam+in+praise+of+Lord+Muruga+was+composed...&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.murugan.org%2Ftemples%2Fkumarakottam.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://murugan.org/temples/valliyur.htm">"Valliyur Sri Subramaniyar Swami Kovil"</a>. <i>murugan.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 June</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=murugan.org&rft.atitle=Valliyur+Sri+Subramaniyar+Swami+Kovil&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmurugan.org%2Ftemples%2Fvalliyur.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130127051549/http://www.kaumaram.com/aalayam/valliyoor/index.html">"Valliyur Temple"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kaumaram.com/aalayam/valliyoor/index.html">the original</a> on 27 January 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Valliyur+Temple&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kaumaram.com%2Faalayam%2Fvalliyoor%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.india9.com/i9show/Valliyur-Subramanyar-Temple-44381.htm">"<i>...the tank was created by Murugan according to the request of his consort...</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=...the+tank+was+created+by+Murugan+according+to+the+request+of+his+consort...&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.india9.com%2Fi9show%2FValliyur-Subramanyar-Temple-44381.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130127065444/http://www.kaumaram.com/aalayam/vallakottai/index.html">"Vallakkottai Murugan Temple"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=IndianTemples.com+on+Sholingar+Anjaneyar&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiantemples.com%2FTamilnadu%2Fdf064.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-anjaneyar_temples-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-anjaneyar_temples_66-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-anjaneyar_temples_66-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vayusutha.in/vs4/temple00.html">"Other Anjaneyar Temples"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Other+Anjaneyar+Temples&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fvayusutha.in%2Fvs4%2Ftemple00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-suryanarkovil_templenet-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-suryanarkovil_templenet_67-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indiantemples.com/Tamilnadu/suryanaar.html">"<i>Inscriptions from the period of Kulottunga Chola I (1075-1120) refer to this temple...</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Inscriptions+from+the+period+of+Kulottunga+Chola+I+%281075-1120%29+refer+to+this+temple...&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiantemples.com%2FTamilnadu%2Fsuryanaar.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pichu_link-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pichu_link_68-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070312152858/http://pichu.info/nav.htm">"<i>It is the only Navagraha temple where the other eight grahas can also be found...</i>"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pichu.info/nav.htm">the original</a> on 12 March 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=It+is+the+only+Navagraha+temple+where+the+other+eight+grahas+can+also+be+found...&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pichu.info%2Fnav.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-autogenerated1-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-autogenerated1_69-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indiantemples.com/Tamilnadu/Navagraha/navagraha_intro.html">"<i>Six of these eight temples ... clearly go back to the 2nd half of the 1st millennium CE.</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Six+of+these+eight+temples+...+clearly+go+back+to+the+2nd+half+of+the+1st+millennium+CE.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiantemples.com%2FTamilnadu%2FNavagraha%2Fnavagraha_intro.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-70">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFParamacivanantam1982" class="citation book cs1">Paramacivanantam, A. Mu. (1982). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7-kZAAAAIAAJ&q=tevaram+period"><i>The Historical Study of the Thevaram Hymns</i></a>. Tamilkalai Pub. House. p. 7.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Historical+Study+of+the+Thevaram+Hymns&rft.pages=7&rft.pub=Tamilkalai+Pub.+House&rft.date=1982&rft.aulast=Paramacivanantam&rft.aufirst=A.+Mu.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D7-kZAAAAIAAJ%26q%3Dtevaram%2Bperiod&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tirunageswaram_templenet-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tirunageswaram_templenet_71-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.indiantemples.com/Tamilnadu/s164.html">"<i>This temple was built by Gandaraditya Chola...</i>"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=This+temple+was+built+by+Gandaraditya+Chola...&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiantemples.com%2FTamilnadu%2Fs164.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-kuchanur_link-72"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-kuchanur_link_72-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070527174120/http://www.theni.tn.nic.in/tourist.htm">"Kuchanur temple"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theni.tn.nic.in/tourist.htm">the original</a> on 27 May 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 June</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Kuchanur+temple&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theni.tn.nic.in%2Ftourist.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tirunaaraiyur_link-73"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-tirunaaraiyur_link_73-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040331121335/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/01/02/stories/2004010201491200.htm">"Lord Ramanathaswami temple at Thirunaraiyur"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hindu" title="The Hindu">The Hindu</a></i>. Chennai, India. 2 January 2004. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2004/01/02/stories/2004010201491200.htm">the original</a> on 31 March 2004<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 June</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hindu&rft.atitle=Lord+Ramanathaswami+temple+at+Thirunaraiyur&rft.date=2004-01-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindu.com%2Fthehindu%2Ffr%2F2004%2F01%2F02%2Fstories%2F2004010201491200.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-gurubhagawan_link-74"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-gurubhagawan_link_74-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070927223513/http://www.gurubhagavan.com/">"Gurubhagavan.com"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gurubhagavan.com/">the original</a> on 27 September 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 June</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Gurubhagavan.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gurubhagavan.com%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lordguru_chennaionline-75"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-lordguru_chennaionline_75-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070405081506/http://www.chennaionline.com/toursntravel/placesofworship/LordGuru.asp">"Temples of Lord Guru"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.chennaionline.com/toursntravel/placesofworship/LordGuru.asp">the original</a> on 5 April 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 June</span> 2007</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Temples+of+Lord+Guru&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chennaionline.com%2Ftoursntravel%2Fplacesofworship%2FLordGuru.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-76"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-76">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There is also another temple dedicated to Suryan at Gnayiru Gramam near Red Hills</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Hindu_temples_in_Tamil_Nadu&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJones2004" class="citation book cs1">Jones, Victoria (2004). <i>Wonders of the World Dot-to-Dot</i>. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-4027-1028-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-4027-1028-3"><bdi>1-4027-1028-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wonders+of+the+World+Dot-to-Dot&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Sterling+Publishing+Co.%2C+Inc.&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=1-4027-1028-3&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=Victoria&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMittalThursby2005" class="citation book cs1">Mittal, Sushil; Thursby, G. R. (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fz6KBkgEacAC&pg=PA456"><i>The Hindu World</i></a>. New York: Routelge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-203-67414-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-203-67414-6"><bdi>0-203-67414-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hindu+World&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Routelge&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-203-67414-6&rft.aulast=Mittal&rft.aufirst=Sushil&rft.au=Thursby%2C+G.+R.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dfz6KBkgEacAC%26pg%3DPA456&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSircar1979" class="citation book cs1">Sircar, D.C. (1979). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-O18xhA_BXUC&pg=PA64"><i>Some Epigraphical Records of the Medieval Period from Eastern India</i></a>. Delhi: Shakti Malik. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788170170969" title="Special:BookSources/9788170170969"><bdi>9788170170969</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Some+Epigraphical+Records+of+the+Medieval+Period+from+Eastern+India&rft.place=Delhi&rft.pub=Shakti+Malik&rft.date=1979&rft.isbn=9788170170969&rft.aulast=Sircar&rft.aufirst=D.C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-O18xhA_BXUC%26pg%3DPA64&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+Hindu+temples+in+Tamil+Nadu" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVater2010" class="citation book cs1">Vater, Tom (2010). <i>Moon Spotlight Angkor Wat</i>. 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