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High medieval · Hindu · India
Dharmalinga Malai
Madukkarai, Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu · 10.9046°, 76.9326°
Shiva (Dharmalingeswarar), worshipped as a swayambhu lingamUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A hilltop Shiva shrine about 13 km south of Coimbatore, reached by a climb of nearly 800 steps. Its Chitra Pournami girivalam draws crowds in the tens of thousands.