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Tiruvannamalai

Tiruvannamalai is a temple town in northern Tamil Nadu, India, at the foot of the sacred hill of Arunachala. Its Annamalaiyar temple, dedicated to Shiva as the element of fire, is one of the largest in India and was enlarged by the Cholas, Hoysalas, Vijayanagara and Nayaka rulers. The Hoysala king Veera Ballala III resided there in the fourteenth century.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tiruvannamalai. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tiruvannamalai
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