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Adi Annamalaiyar Temple, Adi Annamalai

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Adi Annamalaiyar Temple, Adi Annamalai
Adi Annamalaiyar Temple, Adi Annamalai. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

Adi Annamalaiyar Temple is a Siva temple in Adi Annamalai in Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu (India). This temple is in fact older than the “big” (Arunachaleshwar/ Annamalaiyar) temple in Tiruvannamalai. Like the lingam in the big temple, the lingam in the Adi Annamalai temple is also a swayambhu (self generated) lingam.

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