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Alagar Kovil, the Glossary

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Villages in Madurai district

Alvars

The Alvars (lit) were the Tamil poet-saints of South India who espoused bhakti (devotion) to the Hindu preserver deity Vishnu, in their songs of longing, ecstasy, and service.

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Architecture of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is known for its ancient temple architecture.

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Avatar

Avatar is a concept within Hinduism that in Sanskrit literally means.

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Bhumi (goddess)

Bhumi (Bhūmi), also known as Bhudevi and Vasundhara, is a Hindu goddess who is the personification of the earth.

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Chakram

The chakram (cakra, cakram|script.

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Divya Desam

A Divya Desam or Vaishnava Divya Desam is one of the 108 Vishnu and Lakshmi temples that is mentioned in the works of the Alvars, the poet-saints of the Sri Vaishnava tradition.

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A gopuram or gopura (Tamil: கோபுரம், Telugu: గోపురం, Kannada: ಗೋಪುರ) is a monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the South Indian architecture of the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, and Telangana, and Sri Lanka.

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Hindustan Times

Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi.

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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Jalakandeswarar Temple, Vellore

Jalakandeswarar Temple is a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva which is located in the Vellore Fort, in heart of the Vellore city, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Kallalagar Temple

Kallalagar Temple or Kallazhagar Temple, also known by its own toponym Thirumaliruncholai, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Vishnu in Alagar Koyil, a village in Madurai district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Alagar Kovil and Kallalagar Temple are Divya Desams.

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Kallar (caste)

Kallar (or Kallan, formerly spelled as Colleries) is one of the three related castes of southern India which constitute the Mukkulathor confederacy.

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Krishnapuram Venkatachalapathy temple

Krishnapuram Venkatachalapathy temple (also called Krishnapuram Temple) in Krishnapuram, a village in Tirunelveli district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu.

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Lakshmi

Lakshmi (sometimes spelled Laxmi) also known as Shri, is one of the principal goddesses in Hinduism.

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List of districts in India

A district (zila), also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.

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Madurai district

Madurai district is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India.

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Naalayira Divya Prabandham

The Naalayira Divya Prabandham (translit) is a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses composed by the 12 Alvars.

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Narasimha

Narasimha (lit), sometimes rendered Narasingha, is the fourth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu.

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Postal Index Number

A Postal Index Number (PIN; sometimes redundantly a PIN code) refers to a six-digit code in the Indian postal code system used by India Post.

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Purnima

Pūrṇimā is the word for full moon in Sanskrit.

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Soundararajaperumal temple, Thadikombu

The Soundararajaperumal Temple is a temple dedicated to Hindu god Vishnu, located in Thadikombu, a village near Dindigul in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Srivilliputhur Andal Temple

The Srivilliputhur Andal Temple in Srivilliputhur, a town in Virudhunagar district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu. Alagar Kovil and Srivilliputhur Andal Temple are Divya Desams.

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