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34 states in this datasetTamil Nadu temple timings
Land of towering gopurams and living Dravidian temple traditions, from the Chola masterpieces to the great Pancha Bhoota Sthalas.
This directory currently lists 105 temples across 79 cities in Tamil Nadu. Every listing below carries its own darshan hours, aarti schedule, festival calendar and sourcing notes; open a temple to see the full page.
Madurai
Ancient temple city on the banks of the Vaigai, built around the Meenakshi shrine.
Thanjavur
Former Chola capital, home to the UNESCO-listed Big Temple.
Rameswaram
Sacred island town at India's southern tip, a Char Dham pilgrimage centre.
Srirangam
Island temple town formed by the Cauvery and Kollidam rivers near Tiruchirappalli.
Chidambaram
Temple town revered as the 'stage of consciousness' and the cosmic dance of Shiva.
Chennai
Tamil Nadu's capital, whose Mylapore quarter grew around the Kapaleeshwarar shrine.
Tiruvannamalai
Sacred town at the foot of Arunachala Hill, a centre of Shaivite fire worship.
Kanchipuram
One of India's seven sacred cities, famed for its silk and its ancient temples.

Palani
Hilltop Murugan pilgrimage town in Dindigul district, one of the Arupadaiveedu.
Darasuram
Village near Kumbakonam housing a jewel of Chola temple art.
Coimbatore
Hill shrines of the western ghats, dominated by the Murugan temple on Marudhamalai.
Tiruchendur
A seashore Murugan temple on the Gulf of Mannar, one of the six Arupadai Veedu abodes.
Thiruparankundram
A rock-cut hill shrine just outside Madurai, the first of Murugan's six abodes.
Swamimalai
A Cauvery-bank shrine near Kumbakonam where Murugan is said to have taught Shiva.
Tiruttani
A hill shrine of 365 steps north-west of Chennai, the fifth of Murugan's abodes.
Pazhamudircholai (Alagar Kovil)
A forested hill above Alagar Kovil, the last and smallest of Murugan's six abodes.
Thiruvanaikaval (Tiruchirappalli)
An island shrine beside Srirangam holding the water element among the Pancha Bhoota Sthalams.
Suryanar Kovil
Suryanar Kovil is a small temple village near Aduthurai in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, about 15 km west of Kumbakonam.
Thingaloor
Thingaloor (also spelled Thingalur) is a small village on the Kumbakonam-Thiruvaiyaru road, roughly 13-18 km from Thanjavur.
Vaitheeswaran Koil
Vaitheeswaran Koil is a temple town in Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, about 7 km from Sirkazhi, also known as a center of Nadi (palm-leaf) astrology.
Thiruvenkadu
A village on the Sirkazhi to Poompuhar road in Mayiladuthurai district, whose name (from Tamil 'Ven Kadu' or Sanskrit 'Sweta Aranya', both meaning 'white forest') comes from the temple's founding legend.
Alangudi
A village in Valangaiman taluk of Tiruvarur district, about 17 km from Kumbakonam, known chiefly as the seat of the Navagraha shrine for Guru (Jupiter).
Kanjanur
A village on the northern bank of the River Kaveri, about 18 km northeast of Kumbakonam, known as the Navagraha Sthalam for Sukran (Venus).
Thirunallar
Thirunallar is a temple village in the Karaikal district of the Union Territory of Puducherry, about 6 km from Karaikal town.
Thirunageswaram
Thirunageswaram is a village on the southern bank of the Kaveri river, about 5 to 7 km from Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.
Keezhperumpallam
Keezhperumpallam (also spelled Keezhaperumpallam or Keelaperumpallam) is a small village near Poompuhar in Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu.
Uraiyur
Uraiyur is an ancient locality within Tiruchirappalli (Trichy), Tamil Nadu, once a capital of the early Chola kings.
Thirukkurungudi
A small temple town in the foothills of the Western Ghats in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, about 45 to 46 km from Tirunelveli town.
Alwarthirunagari
A temple town on the banks of the Tamiraparani river in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, and the most prominent of the nine Nava Tirupati Vishnu shrines.
Srivilliputhur
A town in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu, about 80 km from Madurai, known for its towering temple gopuram and as the birthplace of the Alvar poet-saint Andal.
Alagar Kovil
A small hill town about 21 km northeast of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, set at the base of the Alagar hills.
Thirunindravur
Thirunindravur is a small temple town in Tiruvallur district on the northwestern outskirts of Chennai, known chiefly for the Bhaktavatsala Perumal Divya Desam temple.
Mahabalipuram
Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram) is a historic port town in Chengalpattu district famous for its 7th and 8th century Pallava rock-cut monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and its seaside Shore Temple.
Thirukkolur
A small village on the banks of the Tamiraparani river in Thoothukudi district, traditionally identified as the birthplace of the Vaishnava saint Madhurakavi Alvar.
Thenthiruperai
A small village on the southern bank of the Tamiraparani river near Alwarthirunagari in Thoothukudi district, known for the Makara Nedunkuzhaikathar temple.
Tholavillimangalam
A small riverside village near Alwarthirunagari on the Tamiraparani river in Thoothukudi district, home to one of the twin Irattai Tirupati shrines of the Nava Tirupati circuit.
Perungulam
A village on the southern bank of the Tamiraparani river near Srivaikuntam in Thoothukudi district, named for the large temple tank (perum kulam) beside the shrine.
Srivaikuntam
Srivaikuntam is a small town on the banks of the Thamirabarani River in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, about 22 km from Tirunelveli.
Natham
Natham is a small village about 3 to 4.5 km from Srivaikuntam in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, on the Tiruchendur-Tirunelveli route along the Tamiraparani river.
Thirupulingudi
Thirupulingudi (also spelled Thirupuliyangudi) is a small village on the banks of the Tamiraparani river in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, about 22 km from Tirunelveli.
Thiruvattar
A panchayat town in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, about 6 km northeast of Marthandam and 30 km northwest of Nagercoil, encircled by the Kothai, Pahrali, and Thamirabarani rivers.
Thiruppathisaram
A village about 5 km northeast of Nagercoil in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, just off the Nagercoil to Tirunelveli highway.
Thirunangur
A small town near Sirkazhi in Mayiladuthurai district, Tamil Nadu, holding a hyper-concentrated cluster of 10 Vishnu Divya Desams within walking distance of one another, known as the Thirunangur Thirupathis.
Kandiyur
A small village also called Thirukandiyur in Thiruvaiyaru taluk of Thanjavur district, about 3.7 km from Thiruvaiyaru and roughly 33 km from Kumbakonam.
Aduthurai
A village on the northern bank of the Kaveri in Thanjavur district's Papanasam taluk (formally Vadakurangaduthurai), about 25 km from Kumbakonam and 11 km from Thiruvaiyaru.
Kabisthalam
A village also called Thirukavithalam in Papanasam taluk of Thanjavur district, situated between the Kaveri and Kollidam rivers about 3 km from Papanasam.
Pullabhoothangudi
A small temple village in Thanjavur district, about 8 km from Kumbakonam, known chiefly for its Rama Perumal Divya Desam shrine.
Adanur
A small village near Swamimalai and Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district, home to the Andalukkum Aiyyan Perumal Divya Desam shrine.
Kumbakonam
A major temple town on the Kaveri river in Thanjavur district, famed for the Sarangapani, Kumbeswarar and other historic temples and for the once-in-twelve-years Mahamaham festival.
Uthamarkoil
Uthamarkoil is a small temple town near Manachanallur in Tiruchirappalli district, known almost entirely for the Uthamar Kovil complex housing Vishnu, Shiva and Brahma together.
Thiruvellarai
Thiruvellarai is an ancient village on the Thuraiyur road northwest of Tiruchirappalli, built around a low rocky hill that carries one of Tamil Nadu's oldest Vishnu temples with Pallava-era rock-cut caves.
Anbil
Anbil is a village on the northern bank of the Kollidam river near Lalgudi in Tiruchirappalli district, home to the Sundararaja Perumal Divya Desam and the well known Anbil Mariamman temple.
Koviladi
Koviladi, also known as Thiruppernagar, is a village on the northern bank of the Cauvery in Thanjavur district near Lalgudi, centered on the Appakkudathaan Perumal Divya Desam.
Nathan Kovil
Nathan Kovil is a small village on the outskirts of Kumbakonam, known chiefly for its ancient Jagannatha Perumal Divya Desam temple; note that most independent sources place this village in Thanjavur district rather than Thiruvarur district.
Thiruvelliyangudi
Thiruvelliyangudi is a village on the Kumbakonam-Chennai highway near Cholapuram in Thanjavur district, known for its Divya Desam temple to Kolavilli Rama Perumal, regarded as the Vaishnava Shukra (Venus) shrine.
Therazhunthur
Therazhunthur (also spelled Therazhundur or Therizhandur) is a village about 10 km from Mayiladuthurai, home to the Devadiraja Perumal Divya Desam and traditionally, though not archaeologically, cited as the birthplace of the Tamil poet Kambar.
Nachiyar Kovil
A temple town on the outskirts of Kumbakonam, on the Kumbakonam to Thiruvarur road, named after its Divya Desam where the goddess Vanjulavalli is given precedence over the presiding deity.
Tirucherai
A small village on the Kumbakonam to Thiruvarur road, on the banks of the Cauvery delta, home to both a Vishnu Divya Desam and an adjoining Shiva temple.
Thirukannamangai
A village about 5 to 7 km west of Thiruvarur on the Kumbakonam to Thiruvarur highway, situated between the Odambokki and Virutha Cauvery rivers, and one of the five Panchakanna Kshetrams.
Tirukannapuram
A small village near Nagapattinam known chiefly for the Sowriraja Perumal Divya Desam temple.
Tirukannankudi
A small village near Sikkal in Nagapattinam district, home to the Lokanatha Perumal Divya Desam temple.
Nagapattinam
The district headquarters town and a port on the Bay of Bengal, home to the Sundararaja Perumal Divya Desam temple.
Thirumogur
Thirumogur (also spelled Thirumohur or Thirumohoor) is a small town near Madurai, notable chiefly as the site of the Kalamegha Perumal Divya Desam temple.
Thirukkoshtiyur
Thirukkoshtiyur (also spelled Tirukkostiyur) is a village in Sivaganga district near Tiruppuvanam and Tirupattur, renowned in Sri Vaishnava tradition as the seat of the Sowmya Narayana Perumal temple.
Thiruthangal
Thiruthangal is a temple town in Virudhunagar district that was integrated into neighboring Sivakasi city in 2020, known for the hilltop Ninra Narayana Perumal Divya Desam temple.
Thiruindalur
A small temple village on the banks of the Cauvery near Mayiladuthurai (Sirkazhi) in Tamil Nadu, also spelled Thiruvindalur or Indalur.
Thiruvali
A village near Sirkazhi and Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu, paired with the neighboring village of Thirunagari as twin Divya Desam sites about 5 km apart.
Nanguneri
A town in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, on the banks of the Thamiraparani river, known for the Vanamamalai Perumal Temple and the associated Vanamamalai Mutt.
Thirumeyyam
A town in Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, known for its 17th century fort and Shiva rock-cut cave temple, and also home to the separate Vishnu Divya Desam temple described here.
Thiruvallur
Thiruvallur is a district headquarters town about 40 km northwest of Chennai, historically known as Thiruevvul.
Thiruneermalai
Thiruneermalai is a hillock locality near Pallavaram and Tambaram in the Chennai metropolitan area, whose name means sacred hill of water.
Thiruvidanthai
Thiruvidanthai is a village on the East Coast Road about 38 km south of Chennai in Chengalpattu district.
Thirukkadigai
Thirukkadigai is the ancient Divya Desam name for the twin-hill temple site at modern Sholinghur (Sholingur) in Ranipet district, about 120 km from Chennai.
Thalaichangadu
Thalaichangadu is a small village on the southern bank of the Kaveri near Akkur, close to Sirkazhi and Poompuhar in Mayiladuthurai district; it is the modern name for the place glorified in Vaishnava tradition as Thiruthalaichanga Nanmadiyam.
Sirkazhi
Sirkazhi (Seerkazhi) is a temple town in Mayiladuthurai district best known as the birthplace of the Saiva saint Thirugnana Sambandar; it also contains the Kazheesirama Vinnagaram Vishnu shrine, a Divya Desam that is a distinct, separate temple from the nearby Thirunangur cluster of 11 Divya Desams (confirmed via Wikipedia's list of the Nangur Vishnu Temples, which does not include this temple).
Thiruvanthipuram
Thiruvanthipuram (also spelled Thiruvahindrapuram) is a temple village on the Kedilam River near Panruti in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu.
Thirukkoyilur
Thirukkoyilur (Tirukoyilur) is an ancient temple town on the banks of the Thenpennai (South Pennai) river in Kallakurichi district, Tamil Nadu.
Thiruputkuzhi
Thiruputkuzhi is a small village near Walajabad in Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu, about 7 miles west of Kanchipuram on the Chennai-Vellore highway.
Kanyakumari
Coastal town at the southern tip of India, confluence of the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, and Indian Ocean.
Circuits and deities represented here
Frequently asked questions about Tamil Nadu's temples
How many temples does this dataset cover in Tamil Nadu?
This directory currently lists 105 temples across 79 cities or towns in Tamil Nadu. It is not an exhaustive list of every temple in the state, just the ones documented here so far.
Which cities or towns are covered for Tamil Nadu?
Madurai, Thanjavur, Rameswaram, Srirangam, Chidambaram, Chennai, Tiruvannamalai, Kanchipuram, Palani, Darasuram, Coimbatore, Tiruchendur, Thiruparankundram, Swamimalai, Tiruttani, Pazhamudircholai (Alagar Kovil), Thiruvanaikaval (Tiruchirappalli), Suryanar Kovil, Thingaloor, Vaitheeswaran Koil, Thiruvenkadu, Alangudi, Kanjanur, Thirunallar, Thirunageswaram, Keezhperumpallam, Uraiyur, Thirukkurungudi, Alwarthirunagari, Srivilliputhur, Alagar Kovil, Thirunindravur, Mahabalipuram, Thirukkolur, Thenthiruperai, Tholavillimangalam, Perungulam, Srivaikuntam, Natham, Thirupulingudi, Thiruvattar, Thiruppathisaram, Thirunangur, Kandiyur, Aduthurai, Kabisthalam, Pullabhoothangudi, Adanur, Kumbakonam, Uthamarkoil, Thiruvellarai, Anbil, Koviladi, Nathan Kovil, Thiruvelliyangudi, Therazhunthur, Nachiyar Kovil, Tirucherai, Thirukannamangai, Tirukannapuram, Tirukannankudi, Nagapattinam, Thirumogur, Thirukkoshtiyur, Thiruthangal, Thiruindalur, Thiruvali, Nanguneri, Thirumeyyam, Thiruvallur, Thiruneermalai, Thiruvidanthai, Thirukkadigai, Thalaichangadu, Sirkazhi, Thiruvanthipuram, Thirukkoyilur, Thiruputkuzhi, Kanyakumari.
What is Tamil Nadu known for in terms of temples?
Land of towering gopurams and living Dravidian temple traditions, from the Chola masterpieces to the great Pancha Bhoota Sthalas.
Which deities are most represented among Tamil Nadu's temples in this dataset?
Shiva, Vishnu, Devi, Krishna, Murugan, Hanuman, Ganesha, Surya, based on the temples currently listed.
Are any major pilgrimage circuits represented in Tamil Nadu?
Yes: 12 Jyotirlingas, Nava Tirupati, Thirunangur Thirupathis, 108 Divya Desams, Shakti Peethas, Char Dham, Arupadai Veedu, Navagraha Sthalam. See each circuit's page for the full list of member temples.
Is entry free at temples in Tamil Nadu?
Of the 105 temples listed, 35 explicitly document free general entry; most others still offer free darshan alongside a paid special-darshan option. Check each temple's own page for specifics.
Is this list of Tamil Nadu temples complete?
No. This is a working, growing directory built from public sources, not an official or exhaustive register. If a well-known temple in this state is missing, that reflects a gap in this dataset, not a judgement on the temple.
How do I find the opening hours for a specific temple in Tamil Nadu?
Open its listing below. Each temple page gives its own darshan hours, aarti schedule, festival calendar and a live-updating open or closed indicator based on the temple's own local time.
How was the information for Tamil Nadu's temples sourced?
Each temple lists the public sources its facts were drawn from, along with a confidence rating, on its own page. See the About page for the full methodology.
Do timings change during festivals in Tamil Nadu?
Yes, commonly. Festival-day hours are usually longer, and sometimes the temple runs on an entirely different schedule. Each temple's festival table flags the dates this applies to.











