Govindavadi is a small village near

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temple town in

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, India.NREGA report
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and is known for its silk

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s. It is also known as Agaram or Govindavadi Agaram. Tirumalpur is the nearby railway station accessible by electric trains which run from

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everyday.

Gurusthalam Temple

Govindavadi is locally known for the Gurusthalam

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, a shrine dedicated to the Hindu deity Dakshinamoorthy. On Thursdays devotees visit the temple in large numbers. It is also the only exclusive shrine for Lord Dakshinamurthy. Normally in other shrines the Lord is in the southern side of the Main/presiding deity with no gopuram/Temple tower. However, at Govindavadi Temple the main presiding deity is Lord Dakshinamoorththy with other deities around.

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