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Uvari (Tirunelveli district), Tamil Nadu · 8.2861°, 77.8992°
A Shiva temple in the coastal village of Uvari on the Tiruchendur–Kanyakumari road in Tirunelveli district, where the sun's rays fall on the swayambhu lingam throughout the Tamil month of Marghazhi.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Devotees believe illness disappears if one bathes in the sea for forty-one days while praying to the deity, and give thanks with baskets of sea sand or images of nagas.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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