Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

TEMPLES AROUND TENKASI IN TAMILNADU, INDIA

G. Chitra Parvathy

Abstract :

The town Tenkasi was developed at the time of Later Pandiyas. King ParakiramaPandiyan built the huge KasiViswanathar Temple at Tenkasi. It was katrali work. After that, many temples were built in and around Tenkasi. Kulasekaranathar temple and Chithampareshwarar temple are the other temples for Lord Siva and PorunthinintraPerumal temple and VinnagaraPerumal temple are the temples for Lord Vishnu in Tenkasi. Because of the locality, near the Western Ghats and the river Chitharu, the people lead a luxurious life. Kings, Zamindars and Land Lords built many temples likeKulathurIyyanar Temple, Aywar Raja temple, Tirumalai Kumara swamy temple, Dhakshnamoorthi temple, MathunathaSwamy temple, BalasuamaniyaSwamy temple, AzhahiyaManawalaPerumal temple andJamathakaniswarar temple around Tenkasi.

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G. Chitra Parvathy, TEMPLES AROUND TENKASI IN TAMILNADU, INDIA, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-4 | April-2018

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