Uchi Pillaiyar Temple

Recently, in response to a controversy, the Tamil Nadu government informed the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court that the deepam (lamp) was lit at the Uchipillaiyar temple mandapam in Thirupparankundram hill during Karthigai Deepam this year too as it was done for over the last 150 years.

  • The Uchi Pillaiyar Temple, also known as Rockfort Temple, is located at the top of Rockfort Hill, Trichy, in Tamil Nadu.
  • It is a 7th-century-CE Hindu temple, dedicated to Lord Ganesha.
  • Its construction was started by the Pallavas, but it was the Nayaks of Madurai who completed the temples’ construction.
  • There ....
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