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The name Tirukkalukkunram (also spelled Tirukazhukundram) is derived from the Tamil word kazhughu (கழுகு), meaning eagle or kite. The Tamil prefix Tiru signifies 'holy' or 'sacred', a common honorific used for temple towns across Tamil Nadu. The town's name, "hill of the sacred kites," refers to the ridge where the main temple is ...
Sacred vultures fed by temple priests at Thirukalukundram, 1906. The word "Thirukazhukundram" comes from the Tamil words thiru (respectful), kazhugu (vulture/eagle), and kundram (mount). It was known as "Thirukazhugukundram" in ancient times, which later culminated into "Thirukazhukundram".
Pulikundram is a village located 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) from Thirukazhukundram, an ancient town in Chengalpattu district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is known for its Sri Lakshmi Narayana temple. The Lakshmi Narayan temple was built between 1509 and 1529 during the reign of Krishnadevaraya Wodeyar of the Vijayanagara Empire.
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.
The temple was also visited by the saint Bhaskararaya of Bhaskararajapuram. The temple has separate shrines for Vinayaga, Muruga, Gajalakshmi, Saptha Kanniyar, Bhairavar, Surya, Chandra, Sani, Durvasa and Nataraja. [3] The temple is counted as one of the temples built on the northern banks of River Kaveri. [4]
The temple is located in Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli route, Tamil Nadu, India in the banks of Thamiraparani river, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The temple is constructed in Dravidian style of architecture. All the shrines of the temple are located in a rectangular granite walls, pierced by a three-tiered gopuram. The presiding deity is ...
Kazheesirama Vinnagaram or Tadalan Kovil or Tiruvikrama (trivikara) Perumal Temple is a temple dedicated to Vishnu located in Sirkazhi, Tamil Nadu, India.Constructed in the Dravidian style of architecture, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE.
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