Thirumazhisai

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?Thirumazhisai Tamil Nadu • India
Coordinates: (find coordinates)
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Thiruvallur
Population	16,286 (2001)

Thirumazhisai is a town in Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^[1], Thirumazhisai had a population of 16,286. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Thirumazhisai has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 57%. In Thirumazhisai, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Thirumazhisai is a punniya sthalam [holy place] and has a lot of temples. To list a few of the temples

1. Tirumazhisai-aazhvaar temple :Also known as Jagannatha Perumal temple. One of the tweleve Alvars of Vaishnavism was born in Thirumazhisai hence was called as Tirumazhisai-aazhvaar http://www.srivaishnavam.com/divyadesam108/virtualtour/vt_thirumazhisai1.htm

2. Othandeeswar temple : A shiva temple kai thanda pran [devotee who gave his hand]. It is told that this temple was build at this site as Lord Shiva showed himself here to the devotee(A King) who cut off his hand when he accidentally used his sword to cut the climbers on the Lingam to pave way

3. Veetirundha Perumal temple :