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Thalamalai Perumal

This is Thalamalai , a human head shaped hill, at 2500 feet from the foothills, a trek of 4km takes us to the Divine ABODE of Sanjeeviraya Perumal.This temple was built by the Madurai nayak some 500 years ago.I trekked up with a group of 30 people whose relatives were a newly married couple.it was their custom to offer prayers to their family deity and then serve food to all the guests

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Namakkal, India
Camera: MotoG3
Copyright: © Priyalakshmi Gopalakrishnan