Irumbai is a village situated next to

Auroville Auroville (; City of Dawn French: Cité de l'aube) is an experimental township in Viluppuram district, mostly in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, with some parts in the Union Territory of Puducherry in India.

in the Indian state of

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, and at about 10 km from

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Temple

An ancient temple dedicated to

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is there hosting Magakaleswarar, Maga Kalanathar and goddesses Mathura Sundara Nayagi and Kuil Mozhiyammai. This temple has ancient records written by Thirugnanasambantha Swamigal and are hosted '' Pujas .'' The Mahakaleshwar cult was only conducted in three locations in India. Irumbai Mahakaleshwar Temple served as a connecting point to the other two of the three. This Shivasthalam temple is 9 km from Pondicherry on Pondicherry—Tindivanam bus route. Another

Paadal Petra Sthalam The Paadal Petra Sthalams (), also known as Devara Sthalams, are 276 temples that are revered in the verses of Shaiva Nayanars in the 6th-9th century CE. The Divya Desams by comparison are the 108 Vishnu temples glorified in the poems of the ...

Tiruarisili is 5 km northwest of this Sthalam.

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