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Vedaranyeswarar Temple

Vedaranyam, Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu
Lord Shiva
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Type

Hindu Temple

Deity

Lord Shiva

Pincode

614809

An ancient Shiva temple near the historic Vedaranyam salt marsh — Gandhi led the Vedaranyam March here in 1930 as a symbolic parallel to the Dandi Salt March. Lord Vedaranyeswarar and Goddess Yogambikai preside. The Mayana Kollai festival (bone-gathering festival) here is unique.

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