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As the temple is revered in Tevaram, it is classified as Paadal Petra Sthalam, one of the 276 temples that find mention in the Saiva canon. The temple is counted as the third in the series of the temples on bank of river Vaigai. [17] Sambandar met the three Tamil chiefs, the Chera, the Chola and the Pandya in this temple and blessed them.
Situated at the peak of the Thiruparankundram hills. Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple, and Jain caves (சமணர் குகை) are also there in the hills. Thiruparankunram hills proclaims and stands evidence of the religious hormony of the Tamil people to the world.
Thiruparankundram, also spelled Tirupparankundram or Tiruparangundram, is a neighbourhood in Madurai city in Tamil Nadu, India. It is about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Periyar Bus Terminus, the centre of the city and constitutes the southwest part of the Madurai city. The town's landmark and fame is the huge monolithic rock hill that towers to a ...
Thirupparankundram Rock-cut Cave and Inscription is located in Thiruparankundram in its landmark hill that towers to a height of 1,048 feet (319 m) and has a circumference of over 2 miles (3.2 km). This hill contains some of the earliest cave temples of Shaivism tradition in the Madurai region, of which this temple is one. The hill is sacred to ...
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 ...
This Murugan temple is a Hindu monument and is on the north face of the rock. It was expanded over the centuries from a very old Siva cave temple into a major complex. On the top of the Skandamalai rock is an Islamic monument – a 17th or 18th-century dargah built by local Muslim community to honor the last Sultan of Madurai Sultanate Sikandar ...
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