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Alagar Kovil

Madurai, India

Alagar Kovil
Photo by Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

A Vishnu temple in the forested Alagar Hills 20 km from Madurai, central to the annual Chitirai festival where the deity rides on horseback to attend his sister Meenakshi's wedding.

Hours: 6:00 AM to 12:30 PM

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