 Holy Cities of South India consists of numerous temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu, Lord Shiva or Mahadeva and Lord Surya.
Tirupati Tirupati is the temple city in Andhra Pradesh and regarded as the "Spiritual City of South India". Tirupati is considered one of the holiest Hindu pilgrimage sites for the presence of Tirumala Venkateswara Temple. Rameshwaram It is the second grade municipal city in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu. This city is famous for Ramanathaswamy Temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva. Kanchipuram Kanchipuram, the temple city of early and medieval era ruled by Pallavas and Cholas and there are many popular temples like Kailasanathar Temple and the Vaikuntha Perumal Temple. Kanyakumari Kanyakumari is located on the southern tip of Cardamom Hills. It is the temple town and notable for Kanya Kumari Temple and Vivekananda Rock Memorial. Mysore Once the royal place and the city of many Hindu temples, Mysore has temples, churches and mosques. Ranganathaswamy Temple is popular in Mysore. Madurai Madurai is known as the "Athens of the East", noted for Meenakshi Amman Temple, Kazimar Big Mosque, Koodal Azhagar Temple, Pazhamudircholai Temple and Tirupparankunram Dargah. Nagapattinam  Nagapattanam is the historical temple town ruled by Cholas and Pallavas, located in Nagapattanam District of Tamil Nadu, with Kayarohanaswami Temple and Soundararajaperumal Temple as the famous temples.
Thiruvannamalai Annamalaiyar Temple is present in Thiruvannamalai that was ruled by Pallavas, the Medieval Cholas, the Later Cholas, Hoysalas, the Vijayanagar Empire, the Carnatic kingdom, Tipu Sultan, and the British Government in India. Puducherry Puducherry is an Union territory of India known for Sri Aurobindo Ashram, sea beaches and Auroville. Thanjavur Thanjavur is a temple city in Thanjavur District of Tamil Nadu famous for the Chola temples and Brihadeeswara Temple. Attukal Attukal is the temple town in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, where Sree Padmanabhaswami Temple, Attukal Bhagavathy Temple and Padmanabha Swamy Temples are located. Amaravati Amaravati is the people’s capital of Andhra Pradesh and this city is known as the Buddhist pilgrimage destination. Ahobilam Ahobilam is a holy site of Kurnool district in Andhra Pradesh. This place is popular for Ahobilam temple Gopuram. Bhadrachalam Bhadrachalam is a town in Bhadradri District of Telangana. It is an important Hindu pilgrimage town with an existence of the Bhadrachalam Temple of Lord Rama. Chidambaram Chidambaram is a town in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, famous for Thillai Nataraja Temple, where annual chariot festival held in the month of December to January. Guruvayur Guruvayur in Thrissur District, of Kerala has Guruvayur Sree Krishna Temple, which was built 5000 years ago. Kataragama It is a pilgrimage town sacred to Buddhists, Hindu and indigenous Veda people of Sri Lanka. The town has the Ruhunu Maha Kataragama Devalaya. Kollur Kolluru is a small temple-town in Udupi district of Karnataka. It is famous for Mookambika temple. |
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Holy Cities of South India
| Holy Cities of South India gives the detailed cultural formation of Dravidians from the early era, which later developed to the world by the Pallavas and the Cholas. |
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