Temple car

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Temple cars are chariots used to carry idols of Hindu gods. The car is usually used on festival days, when many people pull the cart.

Puri, in Orissa and Thiruvarur, in Tamil Nadu, host some of the largest annual temple car festivals.

As of 2004, Tamil Nadu had 515 wooden carts of which 79 need repairs.

Lord Krishna of Udupi has five temple cars, namely Brahma ratha (biggest), Madya ratha (medium), kinyo (small), and silver and gold rathas.

[edit] List of Cities having Temple Cars

• Thiruvarur - First highest Temple Car in South India.
• Avinashi, Tirupur - 2nd highest Temple Car in South India.
• Sivagiri, Erode - 3rd highest Temple car in South India
• Chennimalai, Erode
• Tiruchengode, Erode
• Cherai, Ernakulam
• Aragalur, Perambalur
• Colombo, Sri Lanka.
• Elampillai, Salem
• Hamm, Germany: Sri-Kamadchi-Ampal-Temple
• Kadayanallur
• Kanchipuram
• Kapaleeshwarar temple, Mylapore, Chennai
• Karamadai, Coimbatore
• Madurai
• Nizhal Thangal
• Palakkad - Many temples in settlements of Palakkad have temple cars
• Palani - Golden car
• Pathi
• Puthandu
• Puri, Orissa
• Bhubaneswar, Orissa
• Suratkal, Karnataka* Salem, Tamil Nadu
• Udupi, Karnataka
• Thirthahalli
• Tiruchirapalli
• Tirunelveli
• Tiruvallur
• Tiruvidaimarudur, Kumbakonam
• periyur
• Virudhunagar
• Veerampattinam near Ariyankuppam
• Yanam
• Seri Maha Mariamman Temple Devasthanam Kuala lumpur(Silver Chariot)

[edit] List of temples/cities having golden temple car

• Mariyamman, Bannari, Erode
• Velayuthaswamy, Thindalmalai, Erode
• Arthanareeswarar, Thiruchengodu, Erode
• Subramaniyaswamy, Sivanmalai, Erode
• Pachaimalai Murugan, Gobi, Erode
• Thandumariyamman, Coimbatore
• Kottaimariyamman, Dindigul
• Vinayagar, Eachanari
• Kamatchiyamman, Kanchipuram
• MeenakshiSundareswarar, Madurai
• Kamatchiyamman, Mangadu
• Subramaniyaswamy, Maruthamalai, Coimbatore
• Mundakakanniyamman, Mylapore
• Kapaleeswarar, Mylapore
• Anjaneyaswamy, Namakkal
• Vanamamalai Perumal, Nanguneri
• Dandayuthapaniswamy, Palani
• Kanthaswamy, Parktown, Chennai
• Ramanathaswamy, Rameswaram
• Balamurugan, Raththinagiri
• Mariyamman, Samayapuram
• SankaraNarayanaswamy, Sankarankovil
• Mathurakaliyamman, Siruvachchur
• Swaminathaswamy, Swamimalai
• Subramaniyaswamy, Thiruchendur
• Subramnya Swamy, Thiruththani
• Jambukeswarar, Thiruvanaikkaval, Trichy
• Maruntheeswar, Thiruvanmiyur
• Arunachaleswarar, Thiruvannamalai
• Devi Karumariyamman, Thiruverkaadu
• Vadapalaniyandavar, Vadapalani
• Vaidhyanathaswamy, Vaitheeswaran kovil
• Krishna matha, Udupi

[edit] See also

Ratha