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City in Tamil Nadu, India
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Namakkal is a small historic city in Tamil Nadu in Southern India.
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A rock fort built by the Madurai Nayak dynasty during the 17th century.
A temple dedicated to the Hindu got Hanuman built in the classical Tamil architectural style.
8th century rock-cut temple constructed by the Pandyas with Vishnu's Narasimha ("man-lion") avatar presiding as the main deity.
Namakkal is 55 km from Salem on the Salem-Madurai highway. There are buses almost every minute from Salem to Naamakkal.
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