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Kasi Viswanathar, Maruthuvakudi, Thanjavur


The town of Maruthavakudi is home to the Kasi Viswanathar temple and the nearby Airavateswarar temple, a Tevaram Vaippu Sthalam. Dating back over 500 years to the Vijayanagara Dynasty and Thanjavur Nayaks, the temple boasts of a rather unique pentagon-shaped Siva lingam. Continue reading Kasi Viswanathar, Maruthuvakudi, Thanjavur

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Sivan, Thillaiambur, Thanjavur


One of the many temples crying for attention, this village temple is nothing but a tin-roof shed, but has some great iconography. This is likely to have been a much larger temple, and may even trace its origins to the Chola period. Continue reading Sivan, Thillaiambur, Thanjavur

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Kailasanathar, Senthapoomangalam, Thoothukudi


Nava Kailasam temple located on the banks of the Tambraparani river, and a Sukra sthalam
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