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Temple info -3478 Ramalinga Swamy temple, Panagudi,Thirunelveli. ராமலிங்க ஸ்வாமி கோயில்,பனகுடி,திருநெல்வேலி

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 Temple info -3478 கோயில் தகவல்-3478 Ramalinga Swamy Temple, Panagudi, Thirunelveli Ramalinga Swamy Temple is dedicated to Hindu God Shiva located at Panagudi Village in Thirunelveli District of Tamilnadu. Presiding Deity is called as Ramalinga Swamy and Mother is called as Sivagami Ambal. The Temple is located in the heart of the town near the Bus stand. The Temple is believed to build in Panagudi by Uthama Pandyan of Tenkasi lineage during 14 th  Century. Hence the village is called as Uthamapandyapuram in olden days. In its initial days the temple was called as Nambi Singa Perumal Temple. Fish Symbol had been engraved on top of the Chapparam located outside the temple attests that the temple was built by Pandyas. Locals believe that there was an underground tunnel in this temple and it ends in the well located at the backside of Sacred Heart School. It is believed that kings used this tunnel during emergency period. The temple at present is painted in a traditional Tamilnad...

Temple info -3477. Lokanath temple,Puri. லோகநாத் கோயில்,பூரி

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 Temple info -3477 கோயில் தகவல் -3477 Loknath temple,Puri Loknath Temple (locally called Shri Lokanatha Mandira) lies only about 2 km from the sacred  Lord Jagannath Temple  in Puri. It is one of the holiest shrines in Odisha that is dedicated to Lord Shiva. Odisha since time immemorial has been a place, where Shaivism has always flourished. An interesting aspect of this shrine is that its innermost sanctum houses a Shivalinga, which is visible only once in a year. The reason being is that the entire sanctum including the Shivalinga gets filled with water by a natural fountain, all through the year. It is only on the night of Pankoddhar Ekadashi - three days prior to the Shivaratri festival - all the water from the sanctum is bailed out, and the Shivalinga becomes visible. Thousands of devotees throng to the temple during the festival to worship the Shivalinga. Even though the Shivalinga is visible only once during the year, devotees offer flowers, beetle and bilva leaves...