Singaperumalkoil
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| State : | Tamil Nadu | ||
| District : | Kanchipuram | ||
| Sub-district : | Chengalpattu | ||
| Location : | 12 ° 46 ′ N , 80 ° 1 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 48 m | ||
| Area : | 4.21 km² | ||
| Residents : | 13,566 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 3222 inhabitants / km² | ||
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Singaperumalkoil or Singaperumal Kovil is a small town in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu with around 14,000 inhabitants. In the place there is a shrine in honor of Narasimha , an avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu, which is popular in the region .
location
Singaperumalkoil is located approx. 60 km (driving distance) southwest of Chennai or approx. 40 km southeast of Kanchipuram at an altitude of almost 50 m above sea level. d. M. The climate is mostly humid; Rain falls mainly during the monsoon months from July to December.
population
Almost 88.5% of the mostly Tamil- speaking inhabitants of the place are Hindus , a good 8.5% are Muslims , almost 2% are Christians and approx. 0.5% are Jains . The rest of 0.5% is attributable to other religious groups such as Sikhs , Buddhists, etc. The male and female parts of the population are about the same.
economy
Agriculture and, to a lesser extent, cattle breeding (cows, chickens) form the livelihood of the population. Small traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds have also settled in the village.
history
How far back the history of the place goes is unclear; The first Narasimha temple, however, most likely dates back to the Pallava era (7th century); however, it was expanded in the Chola period (9th-12th centuries).
Attractions
The Narasimha temple is located on a rocky hill (Paadralathi Hill) and was originally a simple cave temple carved into the local granite rock with only one cella ( garbhagriha ) and two guardian figures ( dvarapalas ) . The cult image is a figure carved out of the rock of Narasimha sitting on a snake cushion; the goddess Lakshmi sitting on his lap and today's outdoor temples belong to a later construction phase in the Chola period (10th / 11th centuries), in which a larger shrine in honor of the goddess Lakshmi (here called Ahobilavalli ) was built.
Web links
- Singaperumalkoil, Padalathri Temple (Wikipedia, English)
- Pallava rock temple - photos + information (English)