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High medieval · Hindu · India
Thindal Murugan Temple
Thindal, Erode, Tamil Nadu · 11.3190°, 77.6752°
Murugan, worshipped as Sri VelayudhaswamiUndeterminedDravidian
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Murugan temple on the Thindalmalai hillock a few kilometres from Erode, known for the golden temple car in which the images are carried in procession.