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  2. Mandagapattu Temple - Wikipedia

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    Mandagapattu Tirumurti Temple is a Hindu temple situated in the village of Mandagapattu in the Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. Hewn from rock by the Pallava ruler Mahendravarman I in honour of the trinity Brahma-Shiva-Vishnu, the rock-cut cave temple is the oldest stone shrine discovered and dated in Tamil Nadu.

  3. Dalavanur - Wikipedia

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    Dalavanur Sathrumalleswaram Pallava rockcut temple is situated between Gingee and Mandagapattu in Tamil Nadu. Attributed to the 7th-century Pallava king Mahendravarman I, the temple, cut out of the rock, is thought to have been dedicated to Shiva, and is noted for its unusual inscriptions. It is an Archaeological Survey of India site. [1] [2] [3]

  4. File:Brahma VIsnu Mahesvara rock-cut temple, Mandagapattu ...

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    Mandagapattu Tirumurti Temple is a Hindu temple situated in the village of Mandagapattu in the Viluppuram district of Tamil Nadu, India. This is a rock-cut temple of the Pallava ruler Mahendravarman I (600-630 CE) dedicated to Brahma-Shiva-Vishnu. It is the oldest stone shrine discovered and dated in Tamil Nadu. The temple has the earliest ...

  5. List of Hindu temples in Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple dedicated to Maha Vishnu located in Srirangam, Tamil Nadu, India has the largest temple compound in India and one of the largest religious complexes in the world. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Some of these structures have been renovated, expanded and rebuilt over the centuries as a living temple.

  6. List of tallest gopurams - Wikipedia

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    The temple is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Great Living Chola Temples". Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India: 5 Lingaraj Temple: 183.7 [38] 11th century AD Lingaraja Temple is a temple of the Hindu god Harihara and is one of the oldest temples of the Temple City Bhubaneswar, a revered pilgrimage center and the capital of the state of Orissa ...

  7. List of largest Hindu temples - Wikipedia

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    The temple, located in Tamil Nadu, occupies an area of 63 hectares (156 acres) with a perimeter of 4,116 metres (13,504 ft), making it the largest temple in India [10] and the largest functioning religious complex in the world with a continuous historical presence. [11] Sri Lakshmi Narayani Devi Temple, Sripuram: 404,686 [12]

  8. English: Mandagapattu is a small agriculture-based village few kilometers east of a modern highway in Tamil Nadu. It preserves an important 7th-century Hindu temple, significant to the history of architecture and writing scripts of South India.

  9. Six Abodes of Murugan - Wikipedia

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    Arulmigu Swaminatha Swamy Temple, Swamimalai: Thiruveragam திருவேரகம் Tiruvērakam. Swamimalai, Thanjavur district: Located at 5 km from Kumbakonam, the temple is built on an artificial hill. The temple commemorates the incident where Murugan is regarded to have explained the essence of the Pranava mantra "Om" to his father ...