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Mahalingapuram Ayyappan Temple
Mahalingapuram, Nungambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 13.0564°, 80.2318°
AyyappanModernKerala
Sacred since
1974 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1974
Modern
History & significance
An Ayyappan temple built in 1974 in the Mahalingapuram area of Nungambakkam, Chennai, laid out in Kerala style with the eighteen steps and subsidiary shrines to Shiva, Bhagavati, Ganapathi and Subrahmanya.