Chitharal Jain Monuments and Bhagavati Temple, Marthandam

Name: Chitharal Jain Monuments and Bhagavati Temple
Address: 7 Km from Marthandam, Marthandam, India

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Chitharal Jain Monuments and Bhagavati Temple

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The Chitharal Jain Monuments and Bhagavati Temple, also known as Chitharal Malai Kovil, Chitaral Cave Temple or Bhagwathi Temple, are located near Chitharal village in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. They consist of stone beds with inscriptions, and two monuments – one rock cut Jain temple with outer wall reliefs and one Hindu goddess temple next to it that is a combination of rock-cut and stone that was added during the reign of Vikramaditya Varaguna Pandya. The monuments are from the 9th-century. ()

Established: VI century B.C.Completed: VI centuryCoordinates: 8°19'57"N, 77°14'19"E

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7 Km from MarthandamMarthandam India

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Nearby attractions include: Mathur Aqueduct, Marthandam CSI Church, Nizhal Thangal, Adikesava Perumal Temple.

3.8 miE
Aqueduct, Bridge
Mathur Aqueduct
98 min walk • The Mathur Aqueduct, also known as the Mathur Hanging Trough, stands as an engineering marvel in the Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu, India. Constructed in 1966, this aqueduct holds the distinction of being one of the longest and highest aqueducts in Asia.
2 miSW
Church
Marthandam CSI Church, Marthandam
52 min walk • Marthandam CSI Church is one of the largest district churches in the Kanyakumari diocese in India. It has the privilege of being the center of various services connected with the Diocese, such as schools, colleges, hospitals, an embroidery industry, a book depot, a press and also a shopping complex.
1.6 miE
Temple
Nizhal Thangal, Marthandam
40 min walk • The Nizhal thangal, Attoor is one among the few renowned Worship centers of Ayyavazhi in the western Kanyakumari. It is also the second Thangal built in the Thamarai Thangal series only after the Nizhal Thangal of Nelli-ninra Vilai, and the first ever Temple built with the Sahasrara architecture.
1.9 miE
Temple
Adikesava Perumal Temple
48 min walk • The Adikesava Perumal Temple is a Hindu temple located in Thiruvattar, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India and is one of the 108 Divya desams, the holy sites of Hindu Vaishnavism according to existing Tamil hymns from the seventh and eighth centuries C.E.
2.1 miSW
Temple
Ithiyapuram kaavu, Marthandam
53 min walk • Sree Vana Sastha Sree Vana Durga Temple, Ithiyapuram Kaavu, Swamiyar madam.
2.1 miNW
Temple
Alappancode Easwara Kala Bhoothathan Temple, Marthandam
55 min walk • Alappancode Easwara Kala Bhoothathan Temple is a very ancient and known centre of pilgrimage for the devotees of Alappancode Ammavan.
0.9 miE
Temple
Nizhal Thangal, Marthandam
23 min walk • The Nizhal thangal of Nelli-ninra Vilai is one among the few important Worship centers of Ayyavazhi in the western Kanyakumari. It is also the first Thangal built in the Thamarai Thangal series. It was situated mid-way in the Attoor Arumanai road, 4 km North-east of Marthandam, and 26 km North-west of Nagercoil.
7.1 miNW
National park,
Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary
182 min walk • The Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary in the southern state of Kerala in India is spread over the southeast corner of the Western Ghats, and covers a total area of 128 km².
2.3 miSE
Universities and schools
Marthandam College of Engineering and Technology, Marthandam
59 min walk • Marthandam College of Engineering & Technology is a Private Engineering College located in Kuttakuzhi, Marthandam, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in September 2006.