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The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu manages and controls the temple administration within the state. The Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act XXII of 1959 controls 36,425 temples, 56 mathas or religious orders (and 47 temples belonging to mathas), 1,721 specific endowments ...
The state famed for Tamil architecture styled Hindu temples, culture and tradition and commonly known as the Land of Temples. [2] There are more than 34,000 temples in Tamil Nadu built across various periods including some of the largest and oldest temples in the world. [3]
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The proportions and style of the Jaina reliefs match those suggested by Manasara – a Hindu text on architecture and design with a dedicated chapter on Jaina and Buddhist arts. This suggests that the artisans may have been Hindu, or that the iconography followed the art literature prevalent when this temple's mandapam was constructed. [2]
Sowmyanarayana Perumal Temple is an ancient temple located in Thirukoshtiyur, a village in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. 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 ...
Since a monkey (called Kurangu in Tamil) worshipped Shiva in place on the banks of a river (Attru thurai in Tamil) the place came to be known as Kungatruthurai. [5] Since there is another temple with a similar name is located on the north, this place is called Then Kurangatruthurai, the one located on the South. [3]
This is a list of Hindu temples in the Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, India. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. S.
The Parthasarathy Temple is a 6th-century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to Vishnu in Chennai, India.Located in the neighbourhood of Thiruvallikeni, the temple is glorified in the Naalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil literature canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th to 9th centuries CE and is classified as among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu. [2]