Thennangur, is a town panchayat located in the Vandavasi Taluk of

Tiruvannamalai district Thiruvannamalai District (previously known as Central Arcot, Tiruvannamalai Sambhuvarayar District) is the second largest district in Tamil Nadu by area after Dindigul District and one of the Districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts in the state o ...

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, India. The town also known as Dakshina Halasyam and is the site of the 125 year old, uniquely designed Sri Panduranga

Hindu temple A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Kovil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to Hindu deities, deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers. It is considered the house of the god to who ...

Location

Thennangur is located on State Highway 116, between

Kanchipuram Kanchipuram (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: '; ), also known as Kanjeevaram, is a stand alone city corporation, satellite nodal city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in the Tondaimandalam region, from ...

and

Vandavasi Vandavasi (formerly anglicised as Wandiwash) is a Municipality and Taluk in the Tiruvannamalai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town is well known in the Carnatic history for the Battle of Wandiwash. Vandavasi town is also the larg ...

, and is served by buses from both cities. It is away from the district capital,

Tiruvannamalai Tiruvannamalai (Tamil: ''Tiruvaṇṇāmalai'' IPA: , otherwise spelt ''Thiruvannamalai''; ''Trinomali'' or ''Trinomalee'' on British records) is a city and the administrative headquarters of Tiruvannamalai District in the Indian state of ...

, and from Tamil Nadu's state capital,

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References

External links

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GA Trust's website from The Internet Archive

Thennangur temple details from The Internet Archive

Villages in Tiruvannamalai district Tiruvannamalai district Cities and towns in Tiruvannamalai district