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High medieval · Hindu · India

Mariamman Temple, Ooty

Ooty, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu · 11.4121°, 76.7127°

Mariamman (goddess of rain), with KaliammanUndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A hill-station temple beside the Ooty market, unusual in enshrining Mariamman and Kaliamman together, and one of the best-known Hindu shrines of the Nilgiris.

Sthala katha — the legend

Local tradition tells of two divine sisters who came from the north to the market; sheltered under a tree, they vanished in a flash of light, and the townspeople built the temple where it happened.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined