Famous Temples in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu has 63 famous temples listed here, including Prahadisvarar Temple, Meenakshi Temple, Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam. Each guide covers location, deity, history, timings, dress code and how to reach.
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Prahadisvarar Temple
Brihadisvara Temple, called Rajarajesvaram (lit. 'Lord of Rajaraja') by its builder, and known locally as Thanjai Periya Kovil (lit. 'Thanjavur Big…
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Meenakshi Temple
Meenakshi Temple, also known as Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple, is a historic Hindu temple located on the southern bank of the Vaigai River in…
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Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam
The Ranganathaswamy Temple, also known as Arulmigu Ranganathar Thirukovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Ranganathar (a form of Vishnu) and his…
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Airavatesvara Temple
Airavatesvara Temple is a Hindu temple of Chola architecture located in Darasuram, a suburb of Kumbakonam, Thanjavur District in the South Indian…
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Ramanathaswamy Temple
Ramanathaswamy Temple (Rāmanātasvāmi Kōyil) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva located on Rameswaram island in the state of Tamil…
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Shore Temple
The Shore Temple (c. 725 AD) is a complex of temples and shrines that overlooks the shore of the Bay of Bengal. It is located in Mahabalipuram…
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Kapaleeshwarar Temple
The Kapaleeshwarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva. It is located in Mylapore, Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram
The Kailasanathar Temple, Kanchipuram, also referred to as the Kailasanatha temple, is a Pallava-era historic Hindu temple in Kanchipuram, Tamil…
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Gangaikonda Cholapuram Temple
The Brihadisvara Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Jayankondam, in the South Indian state of Tamil…
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Nataraja Temple
Thillai Nataraja Temple, also referred as the Chidambaram Nataraja Temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Nataraja, the form of Shiva as the lord of…
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Kamakshi Amman Temple
The Kamakshi Amman Temple, also known as Kamakoti Nayaki Kovil, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Kamakshi, a primary aspect of Adi Shakti…
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Varaha Cave Temple
Varaha Cave Temple (i.e., Varaha Mandapa or the Adivaraha Cave) is a rock-cut cave temple located at Mamallapuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the…
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అరుణాచలం దేవాలయం
The Arunachalesvara Temple or Annamalaiyar Temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and Parvati, located at the foothills of the Arunachala hill…
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Varadharaja Perumal Temple
Varadharaja Perumal Temple, also called Hastagiri, Attiyuran, Attigiri, Perarulalan Perumal temple, Kanchi koil, Thirukatchi, or Perumal koil is a…
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Ekambareswarar Temple
Ekambareswarar Temple (Kanchi Ekambaranathar Thirukkovil) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva, located in the town of Kanchipuram in Tamil…
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Parthasarathy Temple
The Parthasarathy Temple is a 6th-century Hindu Vaishnavite temple dedicated to Vishnu in Chennai,…
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Lakshmi Narayani Golden Temple
Sri Lakshmi Narayani Golden Temple complex inside the Thirupuram spiritual park is nestled at the base of a small range of green hills at…
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Nellaiappar Temple
The Nellaiappar Temple is a Hindu temple to the deity Shiva in Tirunelveli, a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Shiva is worshipped as…
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Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple
Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Murugan situated atop a hillock amidst the Palani Hills in Palani, Dindigul district of…
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Mahishasuramardhini Mandapa (Cave Temple; also known as Yampuri) is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture dating from the late 7th century, of…
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Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Tiruttani
Subramaniya Swamy Temple is a Hindu temple located on a hillock in Tiruttani, Tiruvallur district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to Murugan…
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Masānī Ammān
Masani Amman is a Hindu deity. She is primarily worshipped as a family deity (kuladevi) by certain classes in Tamil Nadu, where She is regarded as…
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Ucchi Pillayar Temple, Rockfort
The Ucchi Pillayar Temple is a 7th-century-CE Hindu temple, one dedicated to Ganesha located a top of Rock Fort, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, India.…
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Maruthamalai Marudhachalamurthy Temple
The Marudhamalai Murugan Temple, or the Maruthamalai Marudhachalamurthy Temple, is a 12th-century hill temple situated in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu…
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Tiger Cave
The Yali Mandabam (Tiger Cave) is a rock-cut Hindu temple complex located in the hamlet of Saluvankuppam near Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu, India. It…
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Karpaka Vinayakar Temple
Karpaka Vinayaka Temple or Pillaiyarpatti Pillaiyar Temple is a 7th-century-CE rock-cut cave shrine, significantly expanded over the later…
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Kumarakottam Temple
The Kumara kottam Temple is a Hindu temple in Kānchipuram, Tamil Nādu, India. It is dedicated to Lord murugan, the Hindu war god and the son of the…
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Adikesava Perumal Temple
The Adikesava Perumal Temple is a Perumal temple located in Thiruvattar, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India and is one of the 108 Divya desams…
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Thirunadhikkara Cave Temple
Thirunandikkara Cave Temple, also referred to as Thirunanthikarai rock-cut Shiva temple, is a 9th-century rock-cut Hindu cave temple in Kanyakumari…
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Pataleeswarar Temple
Pataleeswarar Temple (பாடலீஸ்வரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu shrine dedicated to Shiva in the town of Thirupathiripuliyur, Cuddalore. It was constructed…
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Kunnandarkoil Cave Temple
Kunnandarkoil Cave Temple in Kunnandarkoil, a village in Pudukottai district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god…
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ISKCON Temple Chennai
ISKCON Temple Chennai, also known as the Sri Sri Radha Krishna Mandir, is a Gaudiya Vaishnavism temple in Chennai, India. The temple is dedicated to…
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Marundeeswarar Temple
Marundeeswarar Temple is a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Shiva, located in Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai adjacent to the beach of Bay of…
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Atcheeswarar Temple
Atcheesvara Swamy Temple, Acharapakkam is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Acharapakkam, Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshiped as…
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Ashtabujakaram
The Ashtabujakaram or Ashtabuja Perumal Temple located in Kanchipuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god…
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Swamimalai Murugan Temple
Swaminatha Swamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to god Murugan. It is located on the banks of a tributary of river Kaveri in Swamimalai near…
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Yathothkari Perumal Temple
Tiruvekkaa Temple or Yathothkari Perumal Temple (locally called Sonnavannam Seitha Perumall) is a Hindu temple located in Kanchipuram in the South…
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Kodumudi Magudeswarar temple
The Magudeswarar Temple in Kodumudi is a large Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in Erode district of Tamil Nadu, India.
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Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram
Ulagalandha Perumal Temple is a temple dedicated to Vishnu located in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. Constructed in the Dravidian style of…
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Nageswaraswamy Temple, Kumbakonam
Nageswaraswamy Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. The presiding deity is…
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Veeraraghava Swamy Temple
Veeraraghava Swamy Temple (or Veeraraghavaswamy Temple) is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, located in Tiruvallur, Chennai Metropolitan…
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Bhaktavatsala Perumal Temple, Thirunindravur
Sri Bhaktavatsala Perumal temple is a Hindu temple, located at Thirunindravur, a western suburb of Chennai, India. It is dedicated to the Hindu…
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Tiruvalidhayam Tiruvallesvarar Temple
Tiruvalithayam Tiruvallesvarar Temple is a temple dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva, located at Padi, a north-western neighbourhood of Chennai,…
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Pandava Thoothar Perumal Temple
Pandavatutar Perumal Temple or Thirupadagam located in Kanchipuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Krishna…
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Atulya Nadheswarar Temple
Atulya Nadheswarar Temple (Tamil: அதுல்யநாதேஸ்வரர் கோயில்) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Arakandanallur in Thirukoilur…
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Koodal Azhagar Temple
Koodal Aḻagar Temple or "Koodal Azhagar Temple" in Madurai, a city in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is a temple dedicated to the Hindu god…
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Mahalingeswarar Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur
Mahalingeswaraswamy Temple, Thiruvidaimarudur is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva, located in Tiruvidaimaruthur, a village in the South…
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Adi Kumbeswarar Temple
Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, Kumbakonam is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, located in the town of Kumbakonam in Thanjavur District Tamil Nadu, India.…
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Papanasanathar Temple
Papanasanathar Temple in Papanasam, a village in Tirunelveli district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to Hindu god Shiva. It…
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Pavalavannam Temple
Tirupavalavannam or Pavalavanam temple located in Kanchipuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god…
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Odhanavaneswarar Temple, Tiruchotruturai
Odhanavaneswarar Temple, Tiruchotruturai (also called Oppillaselvar Temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in the village of…
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Srivilliputhur Andal Temple
The Srivilliputhur Andal Temple in Srivilliputhur, a town in Virudhunagar district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, It is one of the 108…
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Sri Devaadi Raja Perumal Temple
The Devaadi Raja Perumal temple (Tamil: தேவாதிராஜன் பெருமாள் கோயில்) (also called Amaruviappan temple) in Therazhundur, a village in Mayiladuthurai…
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Sundaravarada Perumal Temple
The Sundaravarada Perumal Temple in Uthiramerur, a village in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu.…
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Thenkurangaduthurai Temple
Abathsahayeswarar Temple, Aduthurai (also calledTen Kurangaadutrai Temple, Aduthurai) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in the village of…
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Thenupuriswarar Temple
Thenupuriswarar Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Shiva located in the village of Patteeswaram, Tamil Nadu, India. Shiva is worshiped as…
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Tiruvelukkai
Tiruvelukkai located in Kanchipuram in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. Constructed in the Dravidian…
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Ulagalantha Perumal Temple, Tirukoyilur
Ulagalantha Perumal Temple or Trivikrama Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located in Tirukkoyilur, Tamil Nadu,…
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Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur
Thyagaraja Temple is a Shiva temple, located in the town of Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu state, India. Shiva is worshiped in the form of a lingam as…
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Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvottiyur
Thyagaraja Temple (also called as Vadivudai Amman Temple) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Hindu god Shiva. It is located in Tiruvottiyur in the…
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Thiruvadigai Temple, Panruti
Thiruvathigai Veerateswarar Temple (also Virattaneshwara Temple, Tamil: வீரட்டானேசுவரர் ) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva. It is situated in…
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Thirukkavalampadi
Thirukkavalampadi also known as the Gopalakrishna Perumal Temple is a hindu temple located in Thirunangur in Sirkali taluk of Mayiladuthurai…
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Jalantheeswarar Temple
Jalanatheeswarar Temple (also called Thiruvooral) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the deity Shiva and located in Thakkolam, a village in Vellore…
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