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10,000 devotees attend consecration ceremony at Hindu temple in Marsiling • Feb. 8, 2025, 8:18 PM ET (Straits Times)

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Also Known As alaya • mandir • gudi • kovil • devasthanam • koyil

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Kapaleeswarar Temple
Shore Temple
Kailasa Temple, Ellora Caves
Shiva and Parvati
A Hindu temple in Atlanta
Brihadishvara Temple
Shikhara (spire)
Colorful gopurams
Golden gopuram
Temple tank
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