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Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu, India

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Sri Katthukonda Ayyanar Temple is a historic Hindu temple located on the Sundarapandiapuram, near Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, India. It is dedicated to an Ayyanar, or guardian folk deity, named Sri Katthukonda Ayyanar. The temple forms the heart and lifeline of the 500-year-old town of Tenkasi.

Kathukonda Ayyanar
Entrance of the Kathukonda Ayyanar temple

The temple is maintained by people belonging to Vishwakarma (caste) and Vanniyar communities from Rajapalayam, Vasudevanalloor, Tenkasi, Sundarapandiapuram, and Surandai Vishwakarma. People from these towns meet together on every Sri Maha Shivarathri Pooja for their Kulatheiva (clan god).

The local people believe that this temple is powerful, solves their problems and helps them to achieve their needs and aims.

Gallery

  • A figure of Ganesha inside the temple. A figure of Ganesha inside the temple.
  • Newly built Pillaiyar Temple (during construction) inside the Kathukonda Ayyanar Temple campus Newly built Pillaiyar Temple (during construction) inside the Kathukonda Ayyanar Temple campus
  • Lake in Sundarapandiapuram near the temple. Lake in Sundarapandiapuram near the temple.

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