Temple car
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Temple cars are chariots used to carry idols of Hindu gods. The car pulling is usually on festival days where many folks pull the cart.
Puri, in Orissa and Thiruvarur, in Tamil Nadu, host one of the largest annual temple car festival. Palani has a golden temple car.
As of 2004, Tamil Nadu had 515 wooden carts of which 79 needs repairs.
Lord Krishna of Udupi has five Temple cars namely Brahma ratha (biggest),Madya ratha (medium), kinyo (small), silver and gold rathas.
[edit] List of Cities having Temple Cars
- Aragalur
- Avinashi
- Chennimalai
- Cherai, Ernakulam
- Colombo, Sri Lanka.
- Elampillai
- Kanchipuram
- Kapaleeshwarar temple, Chennai
- Karamadai, Coimbatore District, Tamilnadu
- Nizhal Thangal
- Palakkad - Many temples in Tamil Brahmin settlements of Palakkad have temple cars
- Palani - golden car
- Pathi
- Periya Veerampattinam near Ariyankuppam
- Puthandu
- Puri, Orissa
- Bhubaneswar, Orissa
- Suratkal
- Salem, Tamil Nadu
- Udupi
- Thirthahalli
- Tiruchirapalli
- Tirunelveli
- Tiruvadamarudur near Kumbakonam
- Thiruvarur
- periyur
- Virudhunagar
[edit] List of temples/cities having golden temple car
- Mariyamman, Bannari
- Thandumariyamman, Coimbatore
- Kottaimariyamman, Dindigul
- Vinayagar, Eachanari
- Kamatchiyamman, Kanchipuram
- MeenakshiSundareswarar, Madurai
- Kamatchiyamman, Mangadu
- Subramaniyaswamy, Maruthamalai
- Mundakakanniyamman, Mylapore
- Kapaleeswarar, Mylapore
- Anjaneyaswamy, Namakkal
- Vanamamalai Perumal, Nanguneri
- Dandayuthapaniswamy, Palani
- Kanthaswamy, Parktown, Chennai
- Ramanathaswamy, Rameswaram
- Balamurugan, Raththinagiri
- Mariyamman, Samayapuram
- SankaraNarayanaswamy, Sankarankovil
- Mathurakaliyamman, Siruvachchur
- Subramaniyaswamy, Sivanmalai
- Swaminathaswamy, Swamimalai
- Velayuthaswamy, Thindalmalai, Erode
- Subramaniyaswamy, Thiruchendur
- Arthanareeswarar, Thiruchengodu
- Subramnya Swamy, Thiruththani
- Jambukeswarar, Thiruvanaikkaval, Trichy
- Maruntheeswar, Thiruvanmiyur
- Arunachaleswarar, Thiruvannamalai
- Devi Karumariyamman, Thiruverkaadu
- Vadapalaniyandavar, Vadapalani
- Vaidhyanathaswamy, Vaitheeswaran kovil
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