Pathrakaliamman Temple

Tamil Nadu

Arulmiku Sri Pathirakaliamman temple is one of the antique temples in Tamil Nadu. It is in Puthiamputhur, Tuticorin district. The temple is very familiar to the peoples of the district. We could not able to find out the age of the temple exactly still now. But definitely, we can say that the temple is above 150 years old. The temple is having a specific divine power. So the peoples are congregating and they believe the power of the god in the temple. Before the raising of the temple, the village was with minimum number of families. After the raising of the Pathirakaliamman temple, many families were arriving to live here. Step by step some parallel growth is between the temple and village still now.

From the Wikipedia article Pathrakaliamman Temple, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where it is

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How to reach

By train: nearest station Tollygunge railway station (TLG), about 2 km by road.
By air: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU), about 23 km by road.

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