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Tamil Nadu · Temple listing
Kallazhagar Temple
01 · Discover
History & tradition
Kallazhagar Temple is at Alagar Koyil, a village in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams: Vishnu is worshipped here as Kallazhagar and Lakshmi as Thirumagal. The Alvar saints praised the shrine, and Sangam literature knows the place as Thirumaliruncholai. Built in the Tamil style, the temple has a seven-tiered rajagopuram within a granite wall and is ringed by an old fort, parts of which are in ruins. It is also a shrine of the village deity Karuppuswami, worshipped as eighteen granite steps behind a door that is opened once a year in the month of Aadi. The temple follows the Tenkalai tradition.
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02 · Before you go
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03 · Getting there
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Kallazhagar Temple
Madurai district, Tamil Nadu
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04 · At the temple
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- Wikidata — structured place recordRetrieved 2026-11-12
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