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Temple cars are chariots used to carry representations of Hindu gods. The car is usually used on festival days called Ther Thiruvizha (தேர் திருவிழா) usually happens once in a year, where many people gathered around the temple and pull the cart. Thiruvarur,Kanchipuram, Srivilliputhur, Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu and Puri, in Odisha, Kadiri in Andhra Pradesh host some of the largest annual temple car festivals. One of the very old and ancient festivals that often mentioned in the devotional hymns of saints like ( Tirugnanasambandar and Sundarar) and many Tamil literature, usually held during the summer between March and April months of every year, lasts more than 25 days. The main attraction of the festival is the procession of the great temple car of Thiruvarur (in Tamil: ஆழித் தேர்). This great chariot is said to the biggest one of its type in size and height. It is tall and weights more than 300 tons.The other famous temple car festival which draws more devotees from all over Tamilnadu is Kanchi Varadhajar swamy temple car festival.The temple car was once about 90 feet tall before the renovation and holds a significant importance that, it's one among the Big Temple cars of Tamilnadu. The size of the largest temple cars inspired the Anglo-Indian term Juggernaut (from Jagannath), signifying a tremendous, virtually unstoppable force or phenomenon. As of 2004, Tamil Nadu had 515 (wooden carts ) of which 79 need repairs. Annamalaiyar Temple, Tiruvannamalai, Chidambaram Natarajar Temple are some of the temples that possess huge wooden chariots for procession each. In particular, Natarajar temple celebrates the chariot festival twice in a year one at summer (Aani Thirumanjanam (June- July)) and another at winter (Marghazhi Thiruvaadhirai (in December - January )). Lord Krishna of Udupi has five temple cars, namely ''Brahma ratha'' (biggest), ''Madya ratha'' (medium), ''kinyo'' (small), and silver and gold rathas. == List of Places having Temple cars == * Kadiri, Sri Khadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swami Temple, Kadiri Anantapuramu District, Andhra Pradesh * Dindigul (Abiramiyamman Kovil ) * Denkanikottai (Betarayaswamy kovil) * Thiruvarur(Largest Temple car in Tamil Nadu) * Srivilliputtur (Sri Andal Temple- Second largest Temple car in Tamil Nadu) * Tirunelveli (Sri Nellaiappar Temple - Third largest Temple car in Tamil Nadu) * Srivaikuntam (Sri Srivaikuntanathan Permual Temple - Fourth largest Temple car in Tamil Nadu) * Suchindram (Thanumalayan Temple) * Madurai - (Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple and Others) * Mannargudi- (Sri Rajagopalaswamy Temple) * Tiruchirapalli - (Ranganathar Temple and Others) * Kumbakonam (Sri Saarangapani Temple and others) * Gobichettipalayam (Sri Kondathukalaimman Temple, Sri Balamurugan Temple etc.) * Avinashi (Sri Avanashiappar Temple;) * Erode (Chennimalai, Sivagiri, Sivanmalai) * Tiruchengode (Sri Arthanareeswarar Temple) * North Authoor (Sri Somanathar Somasundari Temple) * Cherai, Ernakulam * Salem, Tamil Nadu (Elampillai, Aranagalur, Rasipuram) * Kadayanallur * Aragalur * () * Kapaleeshwarar temple, Mylapore, Chennai * Karamadai, Coimbatore * Palani - Golden car * Thirthahalli * Tiruvallur * Tiruvidaimarudur * Virudhunagar * Yanam * Thungapuram, Ariyalur-Perambalur combined district Village panchayath * Sakkottai,Karaikudi * Kanchipuram * Kuala lumpur Malaysia -(Seri Maha Mariamman Temple Devasthanam) * (Nattukkottai Chettiar Temple, Penang) *Trincomalee, (Koneswaram temple), Sri Lanka * Colombo, SriLanka * Hamm, Germany: Sri-Kamadchi-Ampal-Temple * Palakkad - Many temples in settlements of Palakkad have temple cars *Hampi, Karnataka Stone Chariot built by Vijayanagara Kings * Suratkal, Karnataka * Bantwal, Karnataka * Mangalore, Karnataka * Udupi, Karnataka * Puri, Odisha * Bhubaneswar, Odisha * Koduru, Anantapur(Dt) Andhra Pradesh * Karnataka-Sri Mahabaleshwara Temple Gokarna * Kallal Somasundareswarer Kovil 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「temple car」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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